WSC 2018 An Entangled Wrld Literature STUDY GUIDE PART TWO
Cntents Drama & Film...1 Lnger Wrks...5 Guided Questins and Case Studies......18 This study guide is an additin t the Literature Study Guide upladed earlier in 2018. This study guide features detailed ntes fr drama & film and the lnger wrks. T read ur ther study guides, visit ur website here Many thanks g t the fllwing peple wh researched fr, rganised, and frmatted this study guide: Caden Li Tristan Ng Janet Jiang Tan Jie Ying Suzu Kitamura Avan Fata Emily Peng Caden Li Victria Sin Charlie Gldswrthy Disclaimer: The infrmatin in this study guide is true and cmplete t the best f ur knwledge. Hwever, we cannt guarantee that all infrmatin prvided is 100% crrect. The WSC curriculum is pen t interpretatin, and as such, can have many different analyses. T find ut mre abut OnePwaa, visit ur website (www.nepwaa.weebly.cm)
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Drama & Film Film Yur Name (Kimi N Na Wa) Film Eternal Sunshine f the Sptless Mind Drama Rme and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2; Act 3, Scene 5 2 3 5 1
Yur Name (Kimi N Na Wa) 君の名は Yur Name shwcases the clash between ld and new traditins. Themes include religin, multiverse, fate and alternative future. Cnsider what the hair ribbn that Mitsuha gives t Taki symblises. The symbl f the red ribbn crrespnds with the legend f the red string f fate that cnnects peple thrugh destiny. It tangles r crsses, but it always remains cnnected, much like the relatinship between Mitsuha and Taki in the mvie. T find ut mre, visit ur website fr the rest f ur deep dive n Yur Name (nepwaa.weebly.cm/kiminnawa) 2
Eternal Sunshine f the Sptless Mind The film explres the nature f memry and rmantic lve. D relatinships happen by chance, r is it simply fate? Discuss. At the end f the mvie, they decide t start a new relatinship, knwing that the whle prcess culd repeat itself. A rather melanchly view n the theme f an entangled wrld, this shws hw the destructin f entanglements can smetimes nt be permanent and that they are indeed capable f remerging. 3
Rme and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2; Act 3, Scene 5 A slilquy is the act f speaking ne s thughts alud when by neself, especially in a play. Can previus entanglements prevent new nes frm being created? 4
Lnger Wrks The Egg Andy Weir Reunin Jhn Cheever The Rules f the Game Amy Tan Marriage Is a Private Affair Chinua Achebe Simple Recipes Madeleine Thien The Perfect Match Ken Liu Unwind (excerpt) Neal Shusterman The Kite Runner (excerpts) Khaled Hsseini Children f the Earth and Sky (chapter 1) Guy Gavriel Kay 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 5
The Egg Andy Weir 6
Reunin Jhn Cheever 7
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The Rules f the Game Amy Tan 9
Marriage Is a Private Affair Chinua Achebe 10
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Simple Recipes Madeleine Thien 12
The Perfect Match Ken Liu 13
Unwind (excerpt) Neal Shusterman 14
The Kite Runner (excerpt) Khaled Hsseini 15
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Children f the Earth and Sky (chapter 1) Guy Gavriel Kay 17
Guided Questins and Case Studies Pets and nvelists ften include a shrt qutatin at the beginning f their wrk. These epigraphs writing abve bth set up the wrk s thematic interests and als psitin the writer in a centuries-ld cnversatin with ther writers: an entangling f wrds and minds. Discuss with yur team: Are epigraphs cmmn in the writings f yur culture? Which writers use epigraphs in this year s selected wrks, and why? As we knw frm Ggle Translate, turning ne language s wrds int anther is nt always straightfrward. Translatrs must cnsider nt nly the literal meaning f a wrd but als its implicatins; they have t have a deep familiarity with the cliches, idims, and values f bth cultures. With yur team, cnsider the challenges and pprtunities f translatin. Des it matter wh the translatr is? Hw much freedm shuld a translatr feel in adapting wrks t a new culture? Cnsider Dungens and Dragns as an example f "entangled" strytelling - in which narratr and characters interact. Discuss with yur team: is such interactive strytelling a frm f literature, and is it grwing mre cmmn in ur Internetenabled wrld? Yu may wish t cnsider ther examples f cllabrative, rleplaying games. Speaking f entangled strytelling: althugh fanfic may date all the way back t the Bible, it is particularly assciated with Internet cmmunities. With yur team, explre the relatinship between fandms and their surce materials. Hw d readers help create imaginary wrlds? In what way are the rles f reader, authr, and character entangled? And is Hamiltn the ultimate fanfic? 18