The week of March 24th we’re starting our two weeks on Manuel Munoz’s novel What You See in the Dark. The novel assumes a familiarity with Hitchcock’s film Psycho, so we’re going to screen Monday and Tuesday. It runs long … Continue reading
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It is very interesting to analyze the visuals of Vietnam within “Gods Go Begging” because every stereotypical image of the Vietnam War can be found in this book. We see that the images of death with very visual scenes of … Continue reading
Everyone learns, at some point in their life, about the Vietnam War and how it effected not only the soldiers fighting in Vietnam, but the people home in the U.S. Many of us learned how these soldiers were young men, … Continue reading
In Gods Go Begging, Alfredo Vea narrates the America’s most contested war, the fight against the communist regime in Vietnam, through the experiences of a solider belonging to the marginalized class and two women who lost their husbands in the … Continue reading
The Hungry Woman is a great struggle story of love and power. Take into consideration Madea’s love for Luna. Perhaps it is obvious that she loves her. After all, they have been together for seven years and they constantly have … Continue reading
Find sources defining and discussing uncanny, especially as relevant to the gothic. Please cite your sources and cite each only once. Put your response under the comments of this post. (Don’t forget to engage on Twitter.) (Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliekeb/) … Continue reading
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For this week we’re going to be reading Cherríe Moraga’s play The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea, Moraga’s take on the La Llorona story. The play is short, but please be sure to read the introductory notes. Also, because this … Continue reading
For Wednesday, read “The Vine Leaf” by María Cristina Mena. Read it alongside the classic American Gothic short story, Nathaniel Hawthorn’s “The Birth-mark.” Write about it in the comments section below (before 11:59 on Tuesday). Try and respond to each … Continue reading
Using crowd sourcing, we’re going to develop a working definition of Gothic. In the comments below, I want you a paragraph giving something of a definition / impression or sense of what Gothic means. Use the ‘net and any other … Continue reading