WSC 2018 An Entangled World Literature STUDY GUIDE PART TWO
Contents Drama & Film.................................................................................................................1 Film.................................................................................................................1 Longer Works................................................................................................................5 Guided Questions and Case Studies ................................................................ ........18
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Drama & Film Film | Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa)
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Film | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Drama | Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2; Act 3, Scene 5
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Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) 君の名は。
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showcases the clash between old and new traditions.
Themes include religion, multiverse, fate and alternative future.
Consider what the hair ribbon that Mitsuha gives to Taki symbolises.
The symbol of the red ribbon corresponds with the legend of the red string of fate that connects people through destiny. It tangles or crosses, but it always remains connected, much like the relationship between Mitsuha and Taki in the movie.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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At the end of the movie, they decide to t o start a new relationship, knowing that the whole process could repeat itself. A rather melancholy view on the theme of an entangled world, this shows how the destruction of entanglements can sometimes not be permanent and that they are indeed capable of remerging.
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Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2; 2; Act 3, Scene 5
A soliloquy is the act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself, especially in a play.
Can previous entanglements prevent new ones from being created?
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Longer Works The Egg | Andy Weir
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Reunion | John Cheever
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The Rules of the Game | Amy Tan
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Marriage Is a Private Affair | Chinua Achebe
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Simple Recipes | Madeleine Thien
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The Perfect Match | Ken Liu
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Unwind (excerpt) | Neal Shusterman
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The Kite Runner (excerpts) | Khaled Hosseini
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Children of the Earth and Sky (chapter 1) | Guy Gavriel Kay
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Children of the Earth and Sky (chapter 1) | Guy Gavriel Kay
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Guided Questions and Case Studies Poets and novelists often include a short quotation at the beginning of their work. These epigraphs—“writing above”—both set up the work’s thematic interests and also position the writer in a centuries-old conversation with other writers: an entangling of words and minds. Discuss minds. Discuss with your team: Are epigraphs common in the writings of your culture? Which writers use epigraphs in this year’s selected
works, and why? As we know from Google Translate, turning one language’s words into another is n ot always straightforward. Translators must consider not only the literal meaning of a word but also its implications; they have to have a deep familiarity with the cliches, idioms, and values of both cultures. With your team, consider the challenges and opportunities of translation. Does it matter who the translator is? is ? How much freedom should a translator feel in adapting in adapting works to a new culture? Consider Dungeons and Dragons as an example of "entangled" storytelling - in which narrator and characters interact. Discuss with your team: is such interactive such interactive storytelling a form of literature, and is it growing more common in our Internetenabled world? You may wish to consider other examples of collaborative, roleplaying games. Speaking of entangled storytelling: although fanfic may date all the way back to the Bible, it Bible, it is particularly associated with Internet communities. With your team, explore the relationship between fandoms and their source materials. How do readers help create imaginary worlds? worlds ? In what way are the roles of reader, author, and character entangled? And is Hamilton the Hamilton the ultimate fanfic?
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