MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

WORKS:

NARRATIVES:

Spoiler, dir. Daniel Thron The Walking Dead, ep. 1, dir. Frank Darabont Zombocalypse Now, by Mark Youngmark &/or Can You Survive, by Max Brallier Choice of Zombies, by Heather Albano and Richard Jackson Warm Bodies, dir. Jonathan Levine The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home, by Margaret Atwood & Naomi Alderwood "Delice," by Holly Newstein "The Wind Cries Mary," by Brian Keene "Among Us," by Aimee Bender This is Not a Test, by Courtney Summers

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