JJ Cohens 7 Monster Theses Cohen is a professor at George Washington University Wrote a book about monster culture amp monster literature We will be using the introduction of this book to help ground some of our conversations about monsters in more academic language ID: 597753
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Cohen & Intro to WerewolvesSlide2
J.J. Cohen’s 7 Monster Theses
Cohen is a professor at George Washington University
Wrote a book about monster culture & monster literature
We will be using the introduction of this book to help ground some of our conversations about monsters in more academic languageYou will be turning this critically read intro in…. Eventually. Don’t lose it!Slide3
Thesis IV:
The Monster Dwells at the Gates of
Difference
Cohen argues, "the monster is an incorporation of the Outside, the Beyond--of all those loci that are rhetorically placed as distant and distinct but originate Within" (7). What does he mean by the terms "Outside" and "Beyond"? How can these concepts be said to "originate Within"?What social
categories
does "monstrous difference" tend to involve? What power does labeling a group "monstrous" give to the group using the label?
How does "scapegoating" fit into this argument (11)?
Identify
a key quote in this section that you think is central to understanding the issues related to category crisis.
How can you apply this idea to any of the monsters we have read about (or watched) in class thus far?Slide4
Group Activity
Visual representation of what Cohen’s thesis #4 is arguing
Bulleted main points
What are the most important things you took away from this thesis?What other monster examples can you think of that this applies to?Slide5
Cohen: Thesis 4
A monster is
born through the difference
of culturesPoliticalCulturalEconomicSexual
Racial
Monsters are societal/cultural
Monsters are
always an outsider, but that outsider is not always the same
: depends on cultureSlide6
Werewolves, and Vampires, and Witches, oh my!Slide7
3 week mini-unit exploring Werewolves, Vampires, and Witches
Track the changes in the representations of these monsters
Culminating:
1-2 page write upTake notes on readings, films, discussions to help with your 1-2 pagerYOU WILL NEED TO QUOTE EVIDENCE IN THISNuts & BoltsSlide8
Werewolves…
Purpose:
To see how our characterization of Werewolves has changed over time, and what that says about society.
What do we already know?Slide9
Questions to answer after you read…
An Introduction to the argument of
LycanthropySlide10
Questions
Intro to Lycanthropy
What was the significance of the
Malleus Maleficarum?
What was the view of Satan and his power according to the authors of the
Malleus
?
What was Reginald Scot’s view of Satan and his power? (include a discussion of human form vs. spirit form)
What was King James’ take on the role/power of Satan?
What was his view of werewolves?
Who was John Darrel?
How did Deacon and Walker explain werewolves? Slide11
The big question…
The
Intro to Lycanthropy
sets up our big question about werewolves: are these things real or not??