This is the home of some of our class notes:
From Wed, Sept 7, 2022
5-part reading tool:
1—characters: Roger (skinny and young 14 or 15, trying to steal (not good at it; he is polite—fearful; slightly honest); and Luella (large woman, 40s to early 50s, strong mentally and physically, caring—compassionate, intimidating, preventing him from further crimes?), and passers by and other residents
2—setting: Boarding house in a city. 1950s possibly NYC, possibly Harlem.
3—Plot: Luella is robbed BUT, she catches him. Brings Roger to her home and cleans and feeds him. She gives him $10 and he leaves.
4—narration: third person. Slightly omniscient
5—style, symbols, metaphors. Candles, face washing, feeding the poor.
Notes on the Final Exam:
Three parts:
Part 1: term identification: define a term and provide a concrete example.
Terms: I will provide seven terms and students will select four.
-Mise en scene
-diagetic and non-diagetic sound
Angles-Bird’s eye; long shot; low angle (from ground up); extreme closeup
Camera movement: tracking shot; shakey and steady;
Lighting:
Color:
Linda Cahir’s three types of translation: l, t, r
5 types of ethics: deontology, virtue, utilitarian, feminist, global
Part 2: Quotations: Again, I will list about four quotations and students will select three. Identify: title, author, character names who are involved in the scene and why it is an important scene.
–dotn: Jackie and Simon admit the killing
–dotn: Jackie talks to HP about the sun and moon metaphor and shows him the pistol
–dotn: chapter 12: when Jackie shoots Simon…
–tots: when Petruchio begins to woo Katherine and she rebuffs him.
–tots: scene where K and P are going to Padua for Bianca’s wedding and they encounter Lucentio’s father also traveling to Padua.
–tots: bets made…to Katherine’s final speech
Part 3: short essay: I will provide two essay prompts, and students will select one. About 250 words, or so. The questions usually ask students to apply a term (such as a type of ethics or exchange concept) to a pairing—text and film.
