Films that could be used: (choice one)
The Third Man (1950)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Sixth Sense (1999) *** Professor’s Choice***
The Others (2001)
PROMPTS:
Look at the film that you viewed and try to use Aristotle’s terminology surrounding recognition scenes to try and discuss the plot of the film. Which kinds of recognition do you recognize in the film? Does Aristotle’s sense of the value of the scene work for you here? In terms of story, how does the recognition scene work? Discussion posts should do the following things:
1. Situate your Reading State some thing that you are drawn to or find compelling. Maybe it’s a quote, some specific words that are used (write out those quotes, & give a page number so your classmates can find them!), a literary device, an allusion, a mini-argument, an idea that is repeated, some imagery. Identify and outline this, and clarify why you are drawn to it.
2. Connect this to Big Ideas Connect the moment you found interesting to larger ideas/topics/themes we have discussed in class. You are grounding it in our class discussion across the semester, just like we see in the lessons. Perhaps you are thinking of how it is connected to another text, a problem, a theme or topic, a voice, a genre, a literary device. Tell your classmates (and your instructor) that here; we can’t read your mind!
3. Talk About Problems in the Texts Discuss the way it breaks our ideas, disrupts what we expect, makes us uncomfortable, doesn’t make sense, contradicts itself, is problematic in some way, is trying to convince you, is depending on you to know something, is trying to make you feel something or manipulate your feelings (does it?).
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