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ITECH1400 Foundations of Programming Assignment - Bowie, Burroughs, Gysin & Permutated Prose: The Cut-Up Method, Federation University, Australia

Overview - In this assignment you are required to implement your own Python application which emulates the "Cut - Up" method and follows the six steps of problem solving. You will apply a suitable metric to the finished text.

Learning Outcomes Assessed - The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment:

Knowledge:

1. Identify and use the correct syntax of a common programming language.

2. Recall and use typical programming constructs to design and implement simple software solutions.

3. Explain the importance of programming style concepts (documentation, mnemonic names, indentation).

Skills:

1. Utilise pseudocode and/or algorithms as a major program design technique.

2. Write and implement a solution algorithm using basic programming constructs.

3. Describe program functionality based on analysis of given program code.

Application of knowledge and skills:

1: Develop self-reliance and judgement in adapting algorithms to diverse contexts.

2: Design and write program solutions to identified problems using accepted design constructs.

Background -

The early 1900s in Europe saw the birth of the art movement known as Dada; Dadaists, such as Tristan Tzara, held views that rejected logic and reason and embraced chaos.

In this assignment we look at this avant -garde movement in the 20^th century with artists such as David Bowie, William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin.

Task - Start with a text - you are free to choose any text - a good suggestion is Alice in Wonderland a paragraph from chapter 1 is given (attached).

Using the skills in Python that you have developed, you are to write an application that will read in some text and then perform a Cut- Up operation on it.

One metric that we can use is to check the readability of the text. To do this just select the Spelling & Grammar feature - this will display the readability of the text - and of the Cut-Up.

Assessment Details - The six-steps of problem solving must be evident in your assignment. Namely:

1. Identify the problem - state the task in your own words e.g. implement Cut-Up method.

2. Analyse the problem - describe what needs to be done.

3. Gene rate potential solutions - look at different ways to do this using Python.

4. Select and plan a solution - explain why you have chosen this approach.

5. Implement the solution - develop pseudo- code and then implement it in Python.

6. Evaluate the solution - what degree of success was achieved?

Attachment:- Foundations of Programming - The Cut-Up Method Assignment File.rar