"Well, my friends -- are you ready to do me this service? I want you to use all your powers, all your skills," to create your new Godfather blogs!
The Godfather was published during a tumultuous era that included the Vietnam War and the struggle for civil and women’s rights. What aspects of the film might have made it particularly appealing at the time?
Marlon Brando initially refused to be considered for the role of Don Corleone, saying “I won’t glorify the Mafia.” Does The Godfather indeed “glorify” organized crime?
Many critics have noted the plot’s symbolic relationship to the corruption of the American Dream. In what ways does The Godfather comment on America and on capitalism in particular?
Women are marginal in the world of the Corleones, seen only in relation to men. What impact if any do wives and mothers have on the central male characters?
Who is the “hero” of the film? What is Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey? How are myths similar to popular stories? Why do we like the stories we like? Are we psychologically/culturally predisposed to rate The Godfather as a top 100 film?
These are only a few of the questions that make this film a relevant subject for a literature course.
You are expected to make at least three online additions in total per week:
A) Comment insightfully on other students' posts (this counts as an addition).
B) Add original posts that you sign. These should be relatively formal and grammatically careful: you need not be perfect, but use varied punctuation and sentence structures--writing is an art unto itself and reflects upon the artist.
Post in these categories:
Literary Feature Hunt
What literary features do you see that illuminate a specific theme?
Archetypes
Do you see this story following Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey?
Do you see other archetypes?
Class Act
Reflect on class conversations providing relevant feedback: this is your chance to add your comments if we missed you in class.
The Human Condition
"Coppola seems interested in the idea that..."
Step One: Create your own blog on blogger using your Stratford Hall e-mail account: start at www.blogger.com. When you create your blog web address, you should call it "yourfirstnameenglish10". You can create a different title for you blog.
Step Two: E-mail your blog address to me. I will then follow your blog.
Step Three: customize your blog so it looks good.
Step Four: follow the instructions below on how to post to your blog.
Step Five: go back to my blog (this site) and find the blogs I am following. Follow those blogs, yourself. That way, we will all be following each other.
Here are some questions/ideas to consider:
The Godfather was published during a tumultuous era that included the Vietnam War and the struggle for civil and women’s rights. What aspects of the film might have made it particularly appealing at the time?
Marlon Brando initially refused to be considered for the role of Don Corleone, saying “I won’t glorify the Mafia.” Does The Godfather indeed “glorify” organized crime?
Many critics have noted the plot’s symbolic relationship to the corruption of the American Dream. In what ways does The Godfather comment on America and on capitalism in particular?
Women are marginal in the world of the Corleones, seen only in relation to men. What impact if any do wives and mothers have on the central male characters?
Who is the “hero” of the film? What is Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey? How are myths similar to popular stories? Why do we like the stories we like? Are we psychologically/culturally predisposed to rate The Godfather as a top 100 film?
These are only a few of the questions that make this film a relevant subject for a literature course.
You are expected to make at least three online additions in total per week:
A) Comment insightfully on other students' posts (this counts as an addition).
B) Add original posts that you sign. These should be relatively formal and grammatically careful: you need not be perfect, but use varied punctuation and sentence structures--writing is an art unto itself and reflects upon the artist.
Post in these categories:
Literary Feature Hunt
What literary features do you see that illuminate a specific theme?
Archetypes
Do you see this story following Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey?
Do you see other archetypes?
Class Act
Reflect on class conversations providing relevant feedback: this is your chance to add your comments if we missed you in class.
The Human Condition
"Coppola seems interested in the idea that..."
OK... make sure you make 3 posts by Monday November 29th.
ReplyDeleteLove that you are all looking at Joseph Campbell as part of this! Makes me want to reread my copy of Hero with a Thousand Faces, which we also have in the Senior School library:
ReplyDeleteSee here: http://bit.ly/hMvUZA