Hi class,

The exam is next Thursday (Dec 15th)  in our usual room at the usual time.

Thanks for helping me to design the final exam. Please note that this is not an open book exam. Please be on time for the exam, and be sure to turn off your phones prior to entering the classroom.

Final Exam Study Guide:

The Exam Consists of Three Sections:

  1. Key Terms
  2. Quotation identification
  3. Short Essay

 

Terms:

**-literature

**-film

**-redemption

**-empathy

**-translation: Linda Cahir (3)

**-Ethics (5)

**-narrative/narrator

**-pov/composition/mise en scene

**-science fiction

**-Artificial intelligence

 

Film/Texts:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling, Cuaron)

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, Zeffirelli); Shakespeare in Love (Madden)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Dick); Bladerunner (Scott)

 

Quotation Identification:

Harry Potter: dementors, Aunt Marge,  final scenes: from womping willow to patronus to time turner.

Romeo and Juliet: opening party, balcony, fights, marriage, blood bath! Including final speech by prince.

Do Androids: Mercer, Iran, Seattle, JR and Pris, sheep/goat/toad, blood bath

 

Essays:

In this section, you will be asked to choose one of two questions. You will need to compare and/or examine texts and films in terms of some linking idea, such as redemption, empathy, ethics, translation. Further, be able to think of a comparison (similarities and differences) across at least two texts/films.

Essay questions example: How does feminist ethics operate in Shakespeare in Love, Bladerunner, and Harry Potter? More specifically, how might the decisions and actions of the Queen, Rachel Rosen, and Hermoine Granger speak to the difficulties of living in a Patriarchal society? What do these characters do to work with and work against certain institutions? Use concrete examples.

Best wishes,

Prof. Scanlan