HUMA 1780 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American History X, Jerry Maguire, They Came Together

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1780
• Professor: Carol Bigwood

Document Summary

In the fall : media and storytelling: a reciprocal relationship, pentadic elements of stories: act, scene, agent, agency, purpose, exhibitions: stories concerned with self display, mysteries: stories involving unfolding narratives of (usually) criminal activity. Journeys: stories representing movement from place to place as a way of conveying meaning. Redemption narratives: redemption narratives are stories that feature an emphasis on personal or group triumph over self-generated and/or imposed obstacles. Variations of redemption stories: the ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)a(cid:374)d espe(cid:272)iall(cid:455) the (cid:862)ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272) triu(cid:373)ph(cid:863)(cid:895, the sin narrative, the victim narrative, the resilience narrative, the martyr narrative, the illness and recovery narrative. Jane eyre (bronte: pride and prejudice (austen, little dorrit (dickens, stanley and iris (dir. Sin narratives: saul, abraham, and noah (hebrew and christian bibles, atonement (mcewan, flight (dir. Victim narratives: gideo(cid:374)"s tru(cid:373)pet (cid:894)le(cid:449)is(cid:895, a(cid:374)gela"s ashes (cid:894)m(cid:272)court(cid:895, adam resurrected (kaniuk, precious (dir. Resilience narratives: robinson crusoe (defoe, moby dick (melville, call of the wild (london, 127 hours (dir.