************* MAKE SURE TO PROFOUNDLY READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS ***************
DO NOT USE AI GENERATED CONTENT!!!!
—> MUST FRESHLY WATCH THE MOVIE PRIOR THE WRITING THIS – I WILL TIP YOU IF YOU WRITE IT WELL ENOUGH THAT AND I DONT HAVE TO MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES.
(Please actually watch the movie and do not rely on film analysis websites or AI because sometimes they are completely wrong.)
Professor provided in structions:
We have studied a variety of topics in this course:
· Narrative point of View and Identification
· Film Vocabulary and Terminology
· The History of Horror Films
· The Bechdel Test
· The DuVernay Test
· The Bildungsroman
· Laura Mulvey’s concept of the male gaze & its possible manifestations
· Noel Carroll’s theory of categorical interstitiality & monstrousness
· Hegemonic masculinity
· Homosociality
· Hierarchies of masculinity
· Carol Clover’s tropes of the Possession Narrative
· Aviva Briefel’s theory of male and female monstrousness
· Chares Austin McDonald III’s ideas about the Exorcism Narrative
· Gendered arguments in cinema
Any of the concepts/topics listed above can be applied to your reading of Hereditary!
INSTRUCTIONS: For full credit, your formal 6 page (double spaced) final essay must contain a thesis statement that defines a gendered argument (relating to gender) being made by the film.
What is this film arguing about gender?
Your subsequent paragraphs should support that discussion in a focused way. Your paper should consist of a series of paragraphs that directly support your thesis. The following paragraphs should provide include evidence for your claims, detailed explanation of those claims, and also examples from the film that support your points (scenes/dialogue, etc). Finally, your essay MUST utilize citations from EACH of the 6 following sources:
1. Laura Mulvey’s “On Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
2. Noel Carroll’s “Theory of Art Horror” essay
3. Francesca Morettini’s “Hegemonic Masculinity” article –(link attached below)
4. Carol Clover’s “Opening Up” chapter
5. Charles McDonald III’s “The Devil Made Her Do It”
6. Aviva Briefel’s “Monster Pains”
**********YOU MUST USE ALL 6 SOURCES LISTED ABOVE, PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL SOURCES (not assigned from class), FOR FULL CREDIT. **************** 8 SOURCES TOTAL (ALL 6 ABOVE AND 2 MORE EXTERNAL SOURCES
( Francesca Morettini’s “Hegemonic Masculinity” article: https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/10/2016/hegemonic-masculinity-how-dominant-man-subjugates-other-men-women-and-society)
*Any source you’d like to incorporate from the class is okay to use in the final paper, but you must also conduct some research of your own and incorporate at least two external sources (from your own personal research) into the paper.
**AVOID PLOT SYNOPSIS AND SUMMARY: There is no need to include a summary of this film in your paper. Simply make your argument. Summarize only when you need to describe a scene to make or defend a point.
***AVOID CITING ARTICLE TITLES IN SIGNAL PHRASES: Your works cited page will tell me the article titles. Using them in your signal phrases is redundant. Only cite the author and a relevant verb in your signal phrases.
USING SOURCES: Assume that your audience is moderately unfamiliar with the concepts you have learned via these sources. That means throughout the paper, when you reference or use a source, you must CONTEXTUALIZE that source for your audience. Do not over-explain the source, but give your audience a brief introduction to or definition of the concept prior to making your point.
EXAMPLES:
Incorrect: “The film definitely showcases Laura Mulvey’s concept of the male gaze (54).”
Correct: “Feminist film scholar, Laura Mulvey, defined the Male Gaze as an “objectifying, controlling” gaze that sexualizes and thus transforms female characters into objects rather than agents (54). In the film American Psycho, the male gaze manifests in a variety of ways, especially in the narrative itself. For example,…”
Incorrect: “The film has one monster. For example, Gage demonstrates Noel Carroll’s theory of categorical interstiality (56).”
Correct: “One of the most important aspects of the film is its emphasis on the horror of monstrousness. Horror philosopher Noel Carroll defines monstrousness as “categorical interstiality”–in other words, a monster is made when two disparate or opposing categories merge in a single figure (56). The figure is made monstrous because it defies our traditional ways of knowing and disturbs our sense of reality (Carroll, 59). In American Psycho, this phenomenon can be observed in the character of Gage Creed, whom, after his resurrection, becomes both living child and cannibal.”
INSPIRATION
To arrive at your thesis statement, it would be beneficial to ask yourself some of the following questions:
· What gendered crises are being addressed by this film? How are those crises addressed and resolved (or unresolved) throughout the story?
· What gendered pressures does the narrative touch on?
· How does this film configure, construct and define masculinity or femininity?
· How are gender roles distributed and enacted by the characters in the film?
· How does this film depict sexuality?
· How does this film depict violence? For what reasons?
· What do you think this film is saying (arguing) about masculinity/femininity, or the nature of masculinity/femininity?
· What traits define masculinity or femininity in this text?
· What kind of power do male characters have in this text, and is it different from female characters?
· What kind of gaze is at play throughout the film (and the story)?
· How does the ending of the film inform your sense of the film’s gendered argument?
Trying to answer one or more of these questions should help you generate a statement that addresses a gendered argument being made by the text.
1. I HAVE TAKEN NOTES DURING CLASS DISSCUSSION AND PROVIDED THEM IN A DOCUMENT BELOW.
2. I HAD TO WRITE A DRAFT THESIS STATEMENT, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY CHANGE IT AT YOUR DESCRESSION.
3. MAKE SURE IT IS A MINIMUM 6 FULL PAGES OF TEXT + A WORK CITED PAGE OF 8 SOURCES (6 REQUIRED + 2 EXTERNAL)
4. I HAVE ATTACHED ALL 6 REQUIRED SOURCES BELOW. (Hegemonic masculinity article link: https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/10/2016/hegemonic-masculinity-how-dominant-man-subjugates-other-men-women-and-society ) (For “The Devil Made Her Do It” only pages 31-46–not the PDF page #s, but the pages actually marked in the document -attached below)
5. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WATCHED THE FILM SO WHEN YOUR ARE THE ARGUMENT AND REASONS YOU CAN GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM THE FILM TO BACK UP YOUR REASONS.
6. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FULLY READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO ENSURE A PERFICIENT JOB IS DONE THIS IS FOR A FINAL EXAM GRADE AND I NEED A 70%.
7. I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE RUBRIC BELOW