{"id":7,"date":"2019-01-08T21:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T21:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=7"},"modified":"2019-02-20T08:41:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:41:37","slug":"representations","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/portfolio\/representations\/","title":{"rendered":"Representations (Weeks 1-6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this section we\u2019ll explore the way various narrative forms represent the intersection of death and technology, focusing particularly on horror. These representations include examples from fiction, film, and videogames.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, January 14 (Week 1)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Introduction to course guidelines and overview of the semester<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, January 16<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Ray Bradbury, \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains\u201d from<em> The Martian Chronicles <\/em>(1950), pages 205-211<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, January 18<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Alan Weisman, chapters 2 and 3 of <em>The World Without Us <\/em>(2007), pages 15-38<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, January 21 (Week 2)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>MLK Day &#8211; No Class<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, January 23<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Isabel Pinedo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu\/stable\/20688091\">\u201cRecreational Terror: Postmodern Elements of the Contemporary Horror Film\u201d<\/a> from <em>The Journal of Film and Video <\/em>(1996), pages 17-31<\/li>\r\n<li>Tasha Robinson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/8\/16\/17675474\/modern-horror-films-dead-cell-phone-trope-isolation\">\u201cModern Horror Films Are Finding Their Scares in Dead Phone Batteries\u201d<\/a> from <em>The Verge<\/em> (2018)<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 1): Group A<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, January 25<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Paul Tremblay, chapters 1-10 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em> (2016), pages 1-60<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 1): Group B<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/postmodern-horror-snapchat-story\/\">Postmodern Horror Snapchat project<\/a> handed out<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, January 28 (Week 3)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chapters 11-14 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em>, pages 61-101<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 1): Group C<\/li>\r\n<li>View <a href=\"https:\/\/movies.davidson.edu\/#\/play\/935\"><em>The Exorcist<\/em><\/a> (dir. William Friedkin, 1973) through the RLO Movie Channel<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, January 30<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chapters 15-17 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em>, pages 102-150<\/li>\r\n<li>Barbara Creed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/d2ado1o12n3azy1\/Creed%20-%20Woman%20as%20Possessed%20Monster.pdf?dl=0\">\u201cWoman as Possessed Monster\u201d<\/a> from <em>The Monstrous-Feminine<\/em> (1993), pages 31-42<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 1): Group D<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, February 1<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chapters 18-20 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em>, pages 151-201<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Postmodern Horror Snapchat Story due<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, February 4 (Week 4)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chapters 21-22 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em>, pages 202-232<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 1): Group E<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, February 6<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chapters 23-26 of <em>A Head Full of Ghosts<\/em>, pages 235-284<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/comparative-horror-analysis\/\">Comparative Horror Analysis<\/a> assigned<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, February 8<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/mfy0xe4sopmfc88\/Cohen%20-%20Monster%20Culture%20-%20Seven%20Theses.pdf?dl=0\">&#8220;Monster Culture (Seven Theses)&#8221;<\/a> (1996), pages 3-25<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 2): Group A<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, February 11 (Week 5)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Dead Set<\/em>, episodes 1-2 (search for \u201cDead Set\u201d on Netflix)<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 2): Group B<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, February 13<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Dead Set<\/em>, episodes 3-5<\/li>\r\n<li>Kyle William Bishop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/vslz6fzzyn6etej\/Bishop%20-%20American%20Zombie%20Gothic%20Intro.pdf?dl=0\">Introduction<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/davidson.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/607552643?databaseList=638\"><em>American Zombie Gothic<\/em><\/a> (2010), pages 9-36<\/li>\r\n<li>In-Class: <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/dead-set-theory\/\">Analyzing <em>Dead Set<\/em> clips<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 2): Group C<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, February 15<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Carly Kocurek, <a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=101068568&amp;site=ehost-live\">\u201cWho Hearkens to the Monster\u2019s Scream: Death, Violence, and the Veil of the Monstrous in Video Games\u201d<\/a> from <em>Visual Studies<\/em> (2015)<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 2): Group D<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, February 18 (Week 6)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Ewan Kirkland, <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1555412008325483\">\u201cResident Evil\u2019s Typewriter: Survival Horror and Its Remediations\u201d<\/a> from <em>Games and Culture<\/em> (2009)<\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 2): Group E<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, February 20<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\u201cBe Right Back\u201d from <em>Black Mirror<\/em> (season 2, episode 1)<\/li>\r\n<li>In class: <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/death19\/be-right-back-scene-analysis\/\">&#8220;Be Right Back&#8221; scene analysis<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Blog (Round 3): Group A<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, February 22<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201cBe Right Back\u201d continued<\/li>\r\n<li>Courtney Humphries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/612257\/digital-version-after-death\/\">\u201cDigital Immortality: How Your Life\u2019s Data Means a Version of You Could Live Forever\u201d<\/a> from <em>MIT Technology Review<\/em> (2018)<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Comparative Horror Analysis due<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Header:<\/strong> Still from &#8220;Be Right Back&#8221; (<em>Black Mirror<\/em>, Season 2, Episode 1)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this section we\u2019ll explore the way various narrative forms represent the intersection of death and technology, focusing particularly on horror. 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