Pick one scene (and this includes dialogue) and re-imagine it as a movie. And then either: Rewrite it as a scene from a screenplay – or – Storyboard it, visually In either case, highlight what the audience would see and hear. Describe the lighting, camera angles, shot sequence, set design, sound, etc. that would preserve… Continue reading Blogging (and filming) “The Road”
Category: News
Codes and Messages
Spaces resonate with “psychic data” in White Noise. As Murray tells Jack, “Everything is concealed in symbolism, hidden by veils of mystery and layers of cultural material” (37). The psychic data is everywhere, but is it intelligible? In the midst of a busy supermarket, Jack Gladney imagines that there exists “over it all, or under… Continue reading Codes and Messages
Guidelines for Week 3 Post on Lucifer’s Hammer
While we often talk about a novel in terms of its broad themes, we can frequently discover rich nuances simply by focusing on individual, highly “textured” words in the text — where they appear, how they are used, what their significance is outside of the text, and what their significance is inside the text. For… Continue reading Guidelines for Week 3 Post on Lucifer’s Hammer
Personal Ads for Lucifer’s Hammer
Remember to write and post your short personal ads for a character from Lucifer’s Hammer by Thursday. Pick one major or minor character and write two personal ads for the character: one from before Hammerfall and one from after.
Welcome to ENGL 459: Disaster Fiction
ENGL 459 is devoted to the critical study of disaster fiction — both popular and high-brow novels that that imagine “what if” disaster strikes. And what you are reading now is the first entry on the class blog for ENGL 459. If you are a student in ENGL 459, you can register for the blog,… Continue reading Welcome to ENGL 459: Disaster Fiction