Option for the Poetry Paper

Good morning :)

While I was walking to campus, I was thinking about a new option for the poetry paper.

My blog-zine is not done with the fall contests, but I thought I would ask you to choose one of the poems eligible for Thelma's Prize (all poems) and argue why it's the one you'd vote for, based on what you've learned about poetry this semester.

Here is a link to the blog:  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/

Here are the poems that are eligible so far for the fall contest.

Regina A. Walker's "Hiraeth":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/hiraeth.html

Felino A. Soriano's "Trio of incorporated interpretations":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/thelonious-monk.html

Martin Willits, Jr.'s "The Elephant on the Keyboards": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-elephant-on-keyboards.html

Joan Dobbie's "Tripping with Ryan..." or Word Art Picture Poem: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post.html

Ethan Goffman's "Song of My Selfie": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/song-of-my-selfie.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Autumn Glow" or "Treble Goddess": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/avis-d-matthews-images-and-jerry.html

Ed Schelb's "Bird Call Dance Hall" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/bird-call-dance-hallcoming-soon.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Emerald Ridge in Spring," "Fertile Ridge in Summer," "Abandoned Ridge in Autumn," or "Barren Ridge in Winter": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/jerry-scuderis-vineyard-poems.html

One of Vasile Moldovan's haiku: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/words-and-images-for-what-would-have.html

Martin Willits, Jr.'s "Ugly Beauty": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-iyer.html

Felino A. Soriano's "Underneath" or "Morning, this" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-iyer.html

Allyson Lima's "After Mario Bencastro's Algo tiene el otono" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/after-mario-bencastros-algo-tiene-el.html

Joan McNerney's "Monk," "Pablo Picasso Night Fishing at Antibes (1939)," "Vincent Van Gogh Stary Night (1889)," or "On Viewing Buddha in the Museum": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-andpoems-about-painting.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Salsa Island" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/san-juan-puerto-rico.html

A.J. Huffman's  "Honey, You've Got to Slow Down" and "Singing Without Words":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/12/aj-huffmans-honey-you-got-to-slow-down.html?spref=bl

The Last Set of Questions for ENGL 190

Good evening :)

Tonight we covered more poems (and fiction) than I imagined that we would have.

From The Song Is..., we looked at Regina A. Walker's "Hiraeth":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/hiraeth.html

Martin Willets, Jr.'s "The Elephant on the Keyboards": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-elephant-on-keyboards.html

Feel free to look at other poems at the blog, but these are the ones that may be on the exam.

We also reviewed fiction, looking at some flash fiction (under 1000 words).  Michael Oppenheim's "The Paring Knife" is on p. 319.  Catfish McDarish's "Hippopotamus Summer" was published by The Blue Hour Literary Magazine: http://thebluehourmagazine.com/2013/05/25/hippopotamus-summer-by-catfish-mcdaris/comment-page-1/#comment-12272 

Finally, we turned to prose poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye's "Hammer and Nail":  http://webdelsol.com/tpp/tpp5/tpp5_nye.html

I really like how we used the terms we already knew to examine the poems and distinguish poetry from fiction.

I am attaching the fiction take home.  Please send me your answers by Friday (12/5).  I will send the answers on Saturday.

Here are a few questions as you finish up your journal for the semester.

-- Take a look at the October, November, and December poems at The Song Is... http://thesongis.blogspot.com/  Which poem would you vote for for Best in Blog?  Why?  Support your answer with reference to what you've learned in ENGL 190.

-- Compare the flash fiction we looked at tonight to the other fiction we looked at this semester.  How was it different?  How was it similar?  Which do you prefer: flash fiction or longer fiction?  Why?

-- What do we know about the couple in "The Paring Knife"?  What don't we know?  Why?  (Compare this to "Love in LA," which we read in the first half of the semester.)

-- Discuss the shifts in time in "Hippopotamus Summer."  What purpose do they serve?

-- Do you find plot and conflict in "Hippopotamus Summer"?  Why?  Why not?

--How is poetry different from fiction, including flash fiction?

-- Should "Hippopotamus Summer" be considered a prose poem?  Why?  Why not?  Consider Russell Edson's prose poems here:  http://webdelsol.com/tpp/tpp5/tpp5_edson.html  or http://webdelsol.com/tpp/tpp5/tpp5_edsonb.html as well as Naomi Shihab Nye's "Hammer and Nail."

-- How would you divide poetry?  Why?

-- What are the characteristics of poetry?  Why?

-- Argue for or against one of the following:  free verse, rhymed poetry, formal verse, prose poetry.

FYI, here is Yiddish and English poet Menke Katz' "A Word or Two Against Rhyme":  http://www.dovidkatz.net/menke/Essays/18sample.htm

How would you respond to him?

Let me know if you have questions as you prepare for the final!

The song is...: A.J. Huffman's "Honey, You Got to Slow Down" and "...

The song is...: A.J. Huffman's "Honey, You Got to Slow Down" and "...: This morning I'd like to welcome poet, editor, and publisher A.J. Huffman to The Song Is...  A poem about a little red Corvette...

Terms for Film, Fiction, and Poetry on the Final

Watch this space for the next study guide!

Questions for 12/3

Good evening :)

The semester is nearly over, and I'm glad that we were able to focus on form in poetry this evening.  For next time, I would like you to look over chapter 15 on figurative language.  We may also look at more translations, especially translations of Pablo Neruda's poems.

I am also including a link to our study guide for the final:  http://en202.blogspot.com/2014/11/study-guide-for-fiction-take-home-final.html

That study guide has a list of all the readings that will be on the final as well as any videos that we watched.

I will post the MP3 of "Bird Call Dance Hall" at MyMC since it is fairly large.

Here are some questions for your journals;

-- What would you like to write about for your poetry paper?  Why?

-- We have covered only a few of the poetic forms available.  If you are familiar with one we haven't covered, feel free to discuss it at more length here.  Argue for the haiku or the tanka!!  The pantoum and the sestina are forms that do not require rhyme.  What do these forms add to our understanding in poetry?

-- Argue for or against free verse.

-- Argue for or against form in poetry.

-- How is figurative language used in the poems we've been reading?

-- Compare the use of language in "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Facing It."

-- Take a look at other sonnets by Shakespeare:  http://poetry.eserver.org/sonnets/
Compare and contrast one with one of the sonnets we discussed in class.

What light do these other sonnets shed on the sonnet form?  on Shakespeare?  on the speaker's relationship to the young man?  or to his relationship with the Dark Lady?

-- Choose another sonnet by Shakespeare: http://poetry.eserver.org/sonnets/

Is this a well-known sonnet?  An obscure sonnet?  Can you find a reading of this sonnet on YouTube?
How does Shakespeare use poetic techniques in this sonnet?

Here is a little background on Shakespeare's sonnets:  http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/shakespeare/sonnets.html

It may help you to answer the questions above.

-- Could the speaker in the sonnets not be Shakespeare?  Why?  Why not?  How does that change the way you read the sonnets?  Note that we have less biographical information on Shakespeare than we want.

-- Take a look at other sonnets by Petrarch:  http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/canzoniere.html

What do they tell you about the sonnet?  on Petrarch's writing? on Laura?  on Petrarch's obsession with her?

Here are other translations of Petrarch's sonnets: http://www.sonnets.org/petrarch.htm

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/sonnet-131-id-sing-love-such-novel-fashion

http://www.amjuster.com/poem14.html
What light do they shed on Petrarch?  Which translation do you prefer?  Why?  Why not?

-- In each of the bops that we looked at, how did the speaker/poet solve the problem that he/she posed?  If he/she did not solve that problem, what happened?

-- Discuss the role of the refrain in the bop.  How does it interact with the stanzas?

-- Which other techniques did Aafa Michael Weaver and Evelyn N. Alford use in their bop poems?  How do these techniques interact with the bop form?

-- Compare one of our poems to a short story or play that covers a similar theme.  For example, compare "Those Winter Sundays" to Fences.  How does each work play on the theme?  How does each genre affect how the writer can develop the theme?

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We do not meet on the 26th.

Dr. Szlyk

Study Guide for the Fiction Take Home & The Final

Here are the stories that are included on the fiction take-home:

"Love in L.A."

"Girl"

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
"Today's Demon: Magic"
excerpt from Persepolis
"The House on Mango Street" (excerpt)
"Everyday Use"
Nosferatu (film)
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"Saboteur"
"This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"

On the take home, feel free to use your notes and the book, and be sure to do the extra credit, too!  Anything from Mike Maggio's presentation is fair game, too.

For the final, we will cover the following:

Film -- Nosferatu (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau  (Above is the director's picture.)

Fiction -- "The Cask of Amontillado"
"Saboteur"
"This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"

Poetry -- William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIl3oX_44s

Sherman Alexie's "Dangerous Astronomy" (villanelle)

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/dangerous-astronomy

Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" (free verse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJYs6PQKVc

Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" and "The Bean Eaters"

Here are two versions of "We Real Cool":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVfLwZ6jes (Ms. Brooks reads)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t_kkjAhDNw (John Ulrich reads)

I wish I could find a video of Ms. Brooks reading "The Bean Eaters," but this one will have to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKeKmfRCqc

Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" (dramatic monologue)
James Mason reads "My Last Duchess":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZbNrNE9q8g

Below is a picture of James Mason in North by Northwest, one of Hitchcock's great films.  Mason played a spy.

The forms that we discussed were the villanelle (on the first day of poetry) as well as the sonnet, the graphic poem, and the bop.

For the form of the villanelle plus Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," see this link:  http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-villanelle

More about the sonnet is here:  http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-sonnet

Learn more about the bop here:  http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-bop

We began with Shakespeare's sonnets.  The first two are to the Dark Lady.  Was she Emilia Lanyer, the poet pictured above?

Sonnet 130 is here:  http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130
Alan Rickman recites the sonnet here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP06F0yynic

We also looked at Sonnet 129:  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174374
Ralph Fiennes recites the sonnet here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8PbuQkUWWE

Shakespeare also wrote sonnets to a young man.  Was the man pictured above he?  We looked at #18 first:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/shall-i-compare-thee-summers-day-sonnet-18

David Tennant recites here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6Of-pwKP4

Then we looked at #29:  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174357
Rufus Wainwright sings the sonnet here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYd2KlRX4Vs

We moved onto Petrarch and his Canzionere. Note that A.S. Kline's translation does not rhyme.  First we looked at Sonnet 3:
http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/canzoniere.html?poem=3

We also looked at the end of the Canzionere, which is not a sonnet but a poem of address to the Virgin Mary: http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/canzoniere.html?poem=366

Gwendolyn Brooks' "the rites for Cousin Vit" is also a Petrarchan sonnet:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182621

Mustn't forget our graphic poem, Ed Schelb's "Bird Call Dance Hall":
http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/bird-call-dance-hallcoming-soon.html

Moving onto the bop, we began with Aafa Michael Weaver's "Rambling":
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/rambling

We also looked at Evelyn N. Alfred's bop, which she wrote for Reuben Jackson's workshop:

flashes: a bop for bix b.

he hungered for the notes
playing before he could see the keys
mother bird chewed them for him
while he regurgitated beauty
fingertips savoring the song
without knowing the recipe.

the hungry and the hanged, the damaged and the done
striving along this spinning rock, tumbling past the sun

without knowing the recipe
he learned how to taste the tune
adding brown sugar, nutmeg,
and horn lines
but couldn’t bake an unfamiliar harmony
cooling his heart,  sinking the middle
to what effect?
is a fallen cake ruined?

the hungry and the hanged, the damaged and the done
striving along this spinning rock, tumbling past the sun

is a fallen cake ruined?
forced to flash up the treble
singed in chicago winds.
south side speakeasies
intoxicated his ballads
he hungered for the notes.

the hungry and the hanged, the damaged and the done
striving along this spinning rock, tumbling past the sun

We concluded with Gabrielle's reading of her own bop written in a poetry workshop at MC Rockville.

We covered more poems (and fiction) than I imagined that we would have.

From The Song Is..., we looked at Regina A. Walker's "Hiraeth":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/hiraeth.html

Martin Willets, Jr.'s "The Elephant on the Keyboards": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-elephant-on-keyboards.html

Feel free to look at other poems at the blog, but these are the ones that may be on the exam.

We also reviewed fiction, looking at some flash fiction (under 1000 words).  Michael Oppenheim's "The Paring Knife" is on p. 319.  Catfish McDarish's "Hippopotamus Summer" was published by The Blue Hour Literary Magazine: http://thebluehourmagazine.com/2013/05/25/hippopotamus-summer-by-catfish-mcdaris/comment-page-1/#comment-12272 

Finally, we turned to prose poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye's "Hammer and Nail":  http://webdelsol.com/tpp/tpp5/tpp5_nye.html

I hope that you enjoyed our detour into flash fiction, prose poetry, and the online literary magazines!

Questions for 11/19

Thank you for a wonderful class, everyone!  I hope that you enjoyed our continued exploration of poetry, words, and sound.  Next week we will meet in SC 152 at 6:30 pm for Dr. Ingram's performance and return to our class @ 8:30 pm.  I will also need some help from people in the class for set up and take down so that we can return to class on time.  Thank you in advance!

For class, please take a look at chapters 16 and 17 in our book.  I am also attaching a copy of our final paper.

Here are a few questions for your journal.  One of them may be the beginning of your final paper!

-- What did last night's videos add to your understanding of the poems you had read and we had discussed?

-- Compare and contrast Gwendolyn Brooks' reading of "We Real Cool" with John Ulrich's.

-- How does context help you understand poems more fully?

-- Compare and contrast Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" with a short story (like "The Cask of Amontillado" or "Saboteur").  How does each writer create character, handle narration, or present a plot?  

-- Would you like to see more narrative poetry?  Why?  Why not?

-- Should poetry be about oneself?  Or can poetry be about other people?

-- Discuss "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Facing It" as poems about war.  Consider the differences between a British soldier's experience of WWI and an American soldier's experience of Vietnam.  Consider the differences between death and survival.  

-- Take a look at Gwendolyn Brooks' other poems, including "The Bean Eaters" but also these:  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172082  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182621  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/240198#poem  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai3/protest/text11/brookschicagodefender.pdf

What do these poems add to your understanding of her work?  of her craft?  of poetry?  What do they tell you about "We Real Cool"?

-- Compare and contrast Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" with Li-Young Lee's "Eating Alone."

-- Use one of the terms we discussed to explore a poem that we did not talk about in class...yet.

-- How is poetry different from drama/theater or fiction?  How is it similar?

-- Argue for or against graphic poetry.

-- How do rhythm and meter contribute to poetry?

-- How does form and type contribute to poetry?

-- Read Denise Levertov's "Some Notes on Organic Form."  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/essay/237852

How do her ideas apply to free verse such as Robert Hayden's, Li-Young Lee's, or Yusef Komunyakaa's?  Or to poems by authors I haven't mentioned (Cathy Song's)?

See you at SC 152.

Finally the Questions Finishing Up Fiction/Film and Beginning Poetry

Finally, here are the questions for you:

On fiction -- 

-- How is your paper coming along for Nov. 14?  Feel free to post a draft of your paper in your journal.

-- What have you learned about fiction this semester?  Why?

-- Compare/contrast the role that flashbacks play in "This is What It Means..." with the role that they play in "Everyday Use."

-- "The Last Convertible," on the other hand, is a story told in retrospect.  Would this have been an effective method for "This is What It Means..."?  Why?  Why not?

-- If you have read other work by Poe, how has it helped you to read "The Cask of Amontillado"?

-- If you have read other work by Alexie, how has it helped you to read "This Is What It Means..."?

-- Should we read more older works?  Why?  Why not?

-- Should we read some fiction in translation?  Why?  Why not?

-- Should we read more fiction set outside the US?  Why?  Why not?

-- Could a story like "Saboteur" happen in the US?  Why?  Why not?

On poetry --

-- What comes to mind when you think about poetry?

-- Which is more important to you in poetry, words or sound?  Or sound or sense, to use older terminology?

-- Is poetry better when it is read?  Or when it is recited?

Here are links to some videos of poems we have looked at and will look at:

William Carlos Williams reads his "The Red Wheelbarrow":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIl3oX_44s

I can't find a video of Sherman Alexie reading "Dangerous Astronomy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKc3E7e49Ag

Instead, here is a video of Dylan Thomas reading another villanelle "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night":   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2cgcx-GJTQ

You may prefer Anthony Hopkins' version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1fTlIsUGks

Just a few more....James Mason reads "My Last Duchess":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZbNrNE9q8g

Yusef Komunyakaa reads "Facing It":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90yxqlVrLP8

Charles Bukowski reads "Bluebird" :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmWZOsVtqR0

Here are two versions of "We Real Cool":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVfLwZ6jes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t_kkjAhDNw

So what does performance add to a poem?  What does it detract ?  Feel free to discuss the poems read by their poets as well as those read by others.

-- What kind of form does poetry seem to have?

-- How is poetry different from fiction or drama/theater?  How is it similar?

-- Is rhyme in poetry important to you?  Why?  Why not?

-- How can poetry develop empathy?

Questions After Mike Maggio

 Good morning :)

First of all, I want to pass on Mike Maggio's praise for you.  He thought that you were a lively, engaged group of students!  Here is a link to his website so that you may stay up to date on his work:

http://mikemaggio.net/

He is often on Radio Fairfax, and he gives quite a few readings in this area.

Next I'm glad that we were able to discuss Nosferatu *after* Mike's talk.  I'm sorry that a couple of you decided to miss the rest of the class.  On the other hand, thank you, Igor et al, for staying until the bitter end!

Here are the readings for next week: "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix Arizona" by  Sherman Alexie as well as “The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe and "Saboteur" by Ha Jin.  Note that this reading is different from what's on the schedule *and* what I said in class.  We will also begin poetry in this class so that we will be ready to discuss form on Nov. 12 when Dean Redmond will be visiting.

Now the questions....

-- Why is it worth reading an older story like "The Cask of Amontillado"?

-- Compare the narrator's cruelty in "The Cask" with Mr. Chiu's cruelty in "Saboteur"?

-- Many of our stories have been realistic.  Is this a strength or a weakness?  Why?

-- What role does setting play in the stories we are to read for 11/5?  

-- What role does plot play?  Conflict?

-- What role does character play?

-- What role does narrative play?  Consider the difference between third person ("Saboteur" and "Phoenix Arizona") and first person ("The Cask").

-- How does "Saboteur" fit in with the other stories we've read?  Note that Ha Jin grew up speaking Chinese but wrote "Saboteur" in English.

-- How does "The Cask" fit in with the other, newer stories we've read?  With Nosferatu?

-- Discuss the role of humor in "Phoenix Arizona."

-- Discuss the role of relationships in the stories we've read.

-- Compare "Phoenix Arizona" with "The Red Convertible."  Note that Victor and Thomas are a little older than Lyman and Henry.

-- Discuss the use of flashback in "Phoenix Arizona."

-- Why do you think that Alexie chose this title for his story?

-- How did Mike Maggio help you understand fiction more fully?

-- How did Mike Maggio help you understand what it is like to write fiction (and poetry)?

-- Mike Maggio referred to Gogol's "The Nose" as an influence for The Wizard and the White House.  Which stories might influence you?  Why?

-- What would you like to write about for the paper on fiction?  Why?

I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say!

Questions After Nosferatu

Here is a link to the entire film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO5mMVeFZEQ

Also, I want to send you a schedule of our guests:

October 29 -- SB 205 -- Starting at 7 pm, Mike Maggio will speak to us on fiction and satire.  He may be reading to us from his novel, The Wizard and the White House.  He sent us this note:  "I’m also wondering if maybe your students would like to listen to the Dennis Price Show on Tuesday night at 8 (the Tuesday before I come). Dennis will be interviewing me and we’ll be talking about the book and about publishing with the publisher of Little Feather Books.

It can be streamed on the internet at http://www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax  and click on Stream Radio Fairfax."

November 12 -- Dean Rodney Redmond will be here at 6:30 pm to observe my teaching.

November 19 -- We will be traveling to Science Center 152 to attend a performance by poet Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram.  This performance will begin at 7 pm.

Both Mr. Maggio and Dr. Ingram will be on our final, and you may respond to issues that they raise in your papers on fiction and poetry respectively.

Finally, here are the readings for next week.  Please read Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Alexie's "This is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona," and Ha Jin's "Saboteur."

Here are a few questions to start off your journal:

-- What was it like for you to watch a nearly one hundred-year-old silent movie like Nosferatu?

-- Have you ever seen a silent movie before?  If so, what was it like?

-- Compare Nosferatu to other vampire movies or TV shows you've seen.

-- Compare Nosferatu to other horror movies or TV shows that you've seen.

-- What is it like to watch Nosferatu in the era of Ebola?

-- How does Nosferatu show what it was like to be German after WWI?

-- What did you make of Ellen's sacrifice at the end?  Why?  (Note, in Werner Herzog's 1979 remake, her sacrifice is for naught as Hutter has become a vampire.)

-- Compare/contrast Hutter and Ellen's response to Count Orlok/Nosferatu.

-- Discuss the visual techniques (lighting, camera angles, iris, shadows, montages) used in Nosferatu.

-- Discuss the special effects used in Nosferatu.  This may include the count's appearance.

-- Is Nosferatu natural or unnatural?  Why?  (Consider the scenes where Prof. Bulwer is showing his students the carnivorous plants that he compares to a vampire.)

-- Discuss the impact of the soundtrack.

-- Discuss the impact of the exposition/text slides.

-- Who is the narrator?

-- What role does Knock play in Nosferatu?

-- Why do we (or why do many people) love horror?

-- Compare and contrast Nosferatu and "The Cask of Amontillado" as horror stories.

-- How do you respond to the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

-- How do you respond to the professor in "Saboteur"?  Why does he do what he does?

-- What part does humor play in "This is What It Means..."?

-- Discuss Thomas and Victor's relationship in this story.  Why does Thomas accompany Victor?