Monday, November 29, 2010

Heart of Darkness Work

Required for all readers:
  1. Close-read the novella
  2. Complete Moodle E/A work.
  3. "Translate" HoD into 1-3 Haiku. This poetic form is often reduced to "3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each." While this is true, a more important aspect of haiku -- in my humble opinion -- is the volta, or "turn", or sudden and brief "illumination", which usually occurs in the second or third lines. There is a brief epiphany, in other words. Aside from the volta, a haiku is also a series of "image bursts" -- because it is to brief and terse, a good haiku suggests and points to way more than it actually "says."
  4. Pick an essay from the Pitt State college syllabus here -- http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/colonial3d.html -- (The first of which is the famous critique of HoD by Chinua Achebe). Engage with one -- agree or disagree with 3-5+ points that the writer makes and say why.
Choose one (or more):
  1. Dramatize 4-8 scenes from HoD (possibly with some partners) either in person or on video -- put the story into a NEW CONTEXT.
  2. Script 4-8 scenes from HoD -- put the story into a NEW CONTEXT.
  3. Story-board 4-8 scenes from HoD. If you were adapting the novella to film, how would you "shoot" the scenes -- either use colonial context OR put the story in a new context.
  4. Write the good old critical essay.
Last option: Pick one of the four above and do the critical essay.

Don't forget your Q2 goals!

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