Above are some pictures from the 1979 version of Nosferatu. Werner Herzog was the director. Klaus Kinski played Nosferatu...Count Dracula. Isabelle Adjani played Lucy Harker, and Bruno Ganz played Jonathan Harker. The bottom image is of Harker as a vampire after his wife's death.
The homework for next week is to read chapter 7 and the following stories: James Joyce's "Araby," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Ha Jin's "Saboteur," Michael Oppenheim's "The Paring Knife," and Catfish McDaris' "The Magic Rabbit." All of the stories but "The Magic Rabbit" are in our book. "The Magic Rabbit" is on Blackboard.
Also, please send me your journals or the links to your journals. I am taking up the collection for midterm.
The questions below will count for the second half of the semester.
Compare and contrast Nosferatu with other vampire movies or horror movies that you've seen.
What does Nosferatu add to your understanding of film history?
The Guardian's Film Blog posted a list of the top ten silent films. What does this list tell you about silent film? What does it tell you about Nosferatu?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/nov/22/top-10-silent-movies-films
Nosferatu is the 7th best horror movie of all time: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/22/nosferatu-symphony-horror-murnau
Choose one of the literary elements (plot, character, point of view, theme) that we have discussed so far and apply it to Nosferatu.
Which symbols do you see in Nosferatu? How do they help you understand this film better?
Pamela Hutchinson explains why it's okay to giggle at silent movies. How does her explanation help you understand Nosferatu better? https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/nov/16/make-em-laugh-why-its-ok-to-giggle-at-silent-movies
Take a look at these articles about Murnau and his career. How do they help you understand Nosferatu more fully?
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/371/fw-murnau-his-films-and-their-influence-on-german-expressionism
http://gaycitynews.nyc/gcn_337/murnauthemaster.html
On to the stories!
Choose one of the stories we are reading this week. Which symbols do you see in it? How do they make the story more rich and meaningful?
What do you make of the ending of "Saboteur"? Why does the professor do what he does?
Compare and contrast flash fiction with full-length fiction.
What do you make of the ending of "The Cask of Amontillado"? Why does the narrator do what he does? Why does he tell us this story?
What do you make of the protagonist's epiphany in "Araby"? How has the story prepared us for this moment?
Is Quick in "The Magic Rabbit" a good person? Why? Why not?
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