Above are pictures of Harbin, Mr. Chiu's city. Note the Russian influence. Harbin is also known for its winter festivals...and its smog from coal smoke.
Muji City, on the other hand, is fictional although the Muji are an ethnic minority in China, albeit in the Southwest. (Harbin is in the Northeast.)
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Good evening :)
Today we finished our unit on fiction, prepared to watch Nosferatu, and watched Cassandra's presentation on blogging. It is amazing how quickly the semester is passing!
Over the weekend, we won't have any new reading, so it will be a good time to catch up on old readings, write more journal entries, and start your papers on fiction. I will be happy to look over your drafts until Wed. Oct. 30.
In the meantime, here are a few questions for your journal.
-- How did watching the presentations today help you think about your own presentation?
-- The presentation on vampires is starting to become a little out of date. (It's from Summer 2010.) What would you add to it? Are vampires still as exciting as they were in 2010?
-- What do you expect when we watch Nosferatu? Why?
-- Which vampire or other horror movies/TV shows are you familiar with? Which are your favorite? Why?
-- What do you make of movies with CGI? How do they make your moviegoing experience more pleasurable? How do they make it more frustrating?
-- Why are horror movies appealing?
-- Why are vampires appealing?
-- Why does reading or watching horrifying goings on appeal to us? Why might they not appeal to us?
-- Choose a topic we've talked about in class (today or earlier) and expand on it. What would you have said if you had had time or courage?
-- Are you an introvert or an extrovert (or an ambivert)? How does that part of your temperament affect your response to "The Cask of Amontillado"?
-- If you are familiar with other works by Poe (including "The Raven"), how does "Cask" compare to it/them? How would you characterize Poe's style?
-- How does Poe's story fit with the other stories that we have looked in this unit? How is it unique?
-- If you are a fan of horror movies or fiction, how does "Cask" measure up? Why?
-- Should our anthology include more genre fiction? Why? Why not? If so, which genres would you recommend? Why?
-- In your opinion, what is the relationship between film and literature? Why? How does film fit into a literature class? How does it not fit in?
-- How does film fit into a literature class that includes graphic fiction? How does it still not fit in?
-- Look up the cities in "Saboteur." What can you find out about them? How might this information shed light on Ha Jin's story?
Have a great weekend, and see you on Tuesday!
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