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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??