Wilson’s makes some major changes to the way the characters in the story are described, and also changes a number of descriptive details – and while it follows the general plot structure of Aesop’s fable, it makes a couple of major changes. Which of these differences stand out most to you? How and why do … Read more
Gothic fiction popularized the vampire, but it in turn took up and developed figures from multiple folkloric and mythological traditions from Europe and the US. ???? Read the background info on vampire lore (attached below). Consider the following to help you read carefully and critically: When you think of “vampire”, what characteristics do you associate with this … Read more
Discuss the connections that your previous coursework, at school has on the project and the selection of your internship location(community health center). Be sure to connect what you are working on in your internship to what you learned in the “Major Required Courses” you completed as part of the Health Science or Health Management Program, for … Read more
Follow the directions closely on the first two screenshots. Then, write a 3 page reflection on the link below and reading that is attached. https://onbeing.org/blog/the-radical-art-of-learning-from-within/
Mariani argues that the popularity of the zombie in Western culture is actually a negative example of cultural appropriation, claiming: “[T]he zombie myth has been widely appropriated by American pop culture in a way that whitewashes its origins—and turns the undead into a platform for escapist fantasy.” Do you agree with Mariani’s concern about whitewashing? … Read more
LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ui9l0krZk&ab_channel=AnatollD. Night of the Living Dead heavily influenced later iterations of the “zombie apocalypse” plot. In many cases, later stories reused the tropes established by Romero’s film. In other cases, new creators deliberately tried to reimagine their zombies in contrast to Romero’s living dead. ???? Watch the following clip from Marc Forster’s World War Z (US, … Read more
In the previous assignment, we started to trace the evolution of the zombie figure, making connections between Night of the Living Dead (1968) and World War Z (2013). To add to that discussion, our next reading examines the relationship between the novel World War Z and its film adaptation, as well as the place of this story … Read more
So is this a Bluebeard story or isn’t it? ????Add a post to the forum below providing your thoughts on whether Oyemi’s redition of “Fitcher’s Bird” from her novel Mr. Fox counts as a variant of that tale and why or why not? You might discuss the tropes or plot elements that Oyeyemi’s story shares/doesn’t … Read more
In previous weeks, we’ve looked at several modern adaptations of fairy tales. Some of them stick relatively close to the original story; some take a few more liberties and insert some significant changes. Let’s push the limits a bit and examine a variation on the Bluebeard story that really stretches how we classify stories and … Read more
This week’s focus is on analyzing a case study: The NUMMI case study shows how two companies, Toyota and GM, build a joint venture and an example of trying to create organizational change – the resistance, the successes, the failures. Go to https://www.thisamericanlife.org/561/nummi-2015 It is a podcast which is 64 minutes (but in 3 parts). You … Read more