In preparation for your final paper, your assignment this week is to choose which of those three plays you are going to write your final paper on. Read the whole play, and write about why you chose that play, and what specific elements of it (ideas, themes, questions, etc.) you may want to write about.
Your response should cite specific examples from the text. The response should be at least 300 words. Please type, print out, and hand in at the top of class next week.
Copies of these plays have been put on reserve in the library. Because there are limited copies available, we recommend that you consider xeroxing personal copies for yourself, or purchasing your own copies from local or online booksellers.
As mentioned in class, Zoe is using a custom translation of Bitter Tears in her production. There is also a published edition of that play available in the library. Both versions are acceptable to us. Zoe's version can be downloaded here: BitterTearsScript.pdf
Note: This response doesn't need to be your exact paper topic. We are more interested in hearing about what interests you in the text. This assignment should generate possible topics/ideas that you can later refine into a formal thesis.
If you end up having a very specific topic that you wish to write on, that's fine too. Use this response to discuss that topic and related ideas.
P.S. - As mentioned in class, Douglas Sirk's melodramas are not to be missed and available in the library here or at most quality video stores. Written On the Wind is exceptional. Here's an article on his work:
http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/sirk.html
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