The unlearning: Horror and transformative theory. 1.
Introduction: Fear is never just itself [1.1] The horror genre has many reasonable lessons to teach us, even though it is perhaps the literary genre most associated with irrationality. It is often construed around the emotional and physical responses it seeks to produce in its audience, from anxious fright to hair-raising chills, especially in the cinema, where aesthetic success is measured by the volume of spectator screams. The appeal of horror fiction and film lies in the ambivalent thrills associated with fear, suspense, and terror, no matter how significant its subtextual messages might be. Even when its practitioners mine the fields of philosophy, psychology, theology, and metaphysics in the deepest of intellectual ways, horror resists mastery by the intellect, privileges the emotional/physical response, and remains the primary venue for the literary expression of dread, anxiety, caution, shock, uncertainty, and the uncanny. 2. 3.
Amazon. Amazon. 20 Ways to Use Comics In Your Classroom. Archetypes in Movies Through Joseph Campbell. In Star Wars IV: A New Hope, Campbell’s archetypes fit nearly perfectly.
The following is a list of archetypes with definitions and examples for each from the movies that teachers can use in their classrooms. Complete the assignment at the end of the article. The Hero The hero endures self-sacrifice through hardship and separation for those he protects. He pays for his heroism. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones sacrifices his love life, experience incredible hardship and pain. The Mentor The mentor, usually an old sage, trains the hero. In the Karate Kid, Miyagi is Daniel’s mentor.
The Threshold Guardian The threshold guardian provides the first hurdle in front of the hero – the beginning of the adventure. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy first encounters the Cowardly Lion, who scares her and then joins her on her adventure.In the Losers, the threshold guardian is the Columbian drug dealer they kill to rescue the children. 2 Literary Criticism. List of legendary creatures. This is a list of legendary creatures from various historical mythologies.
Entries include species of legendary creature and unique creatures, but not individuals of a particular species. A[edit] B[edit] C[edit] D[edit] E[edit] F[edit] G[edit] H[edit] I[edit] J[edit] K[edit] L[edit] M[edit] N[edit] O[edit] Free Resources - Glossary - Home. Abstract: Used as a noun, the term refers to a short summary or outline of a longer work.
As an adjective applied to writing or literary works, abstract refers to words or phrases that name things not knowable through the five senses. Examples of abstracts include the Cliffs Notes summaries of major literary works. Examples of abstract terms or concepts include "idea," "guilt" "honesty," and "loyalty. " (Compare with Concrete.) Absurd, Theater of the: See Theater of the Absurd Absurdism: See Theater of the Absurd Accent: The emphasis or stress placed on a syllable in poetry. The following line from William Shakespeare's Hamlet: "To be or not to be: that is the question" has five accents, on the words "be," "not," "be," and "that," and the first syllable of "question. " Act: A major section of a play. Examples of five-act plays include the works of Sophocles and Shakespeare, while the plays of Arthur Miller commonly have a three-act structure.
Age of Reason: See Neoclassicism.