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MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

WORKS:

NARRATIVES:
NON-FICTION/THEORY:
  • "Your Zombie and You: Identity, Emotion, and the Undead," by Craig Derksen & Darren Hick
  • "Corporate Zombies & the Perils of Zombie Litigation," by Sharon Sutherland & Sarah Swan
  • A Zombie is a Slave Forever," by Amy Wilentz
  • "The Living Word Among the Living Dead: Hunting for Zombies in the Pages of the Bible," by Michael Gilmour
  • "Modern Zombie Makers: Enacting the Ancient Impulse to Control & Possess Another," by Suzanne Lea

LITERARY CONCEPTS:

Agency

  • Define & give examples of characters with & without agency

Plot graph

  • Identify major points on graph & give examples from class works

Chiasmus

  • Define, plot characters from class works on chart, & explain

Character Personhood/Self/Identity

  • Identify ways we form/develop self/personhood, & relevance to zombie studies

Irony

  • Definition: “the contradiction/incongruity between appearance/expectation and reality” & provide examples from class works

THEMES:

Be prepared to discuss & ground in class works:

  • Humanity vs. Survival
  • Security vs. Liberty
  • Control - self, others, environment
  • Zombies as perverted resurrection
  • Heroism vs. Strategy

PARTICULARS:

Be prepared to discuss & explore through class works:

  • Zombie history - Voodoo, Haiti, Slavery, Baron Samedi, Papa Doc Duvalier, etc.
  • Types of zombies (in class works)
  • Zombie horde vs. Identity/Individuality
  • Zombie Proliferation
  • Zombie as _________ metaphor

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