Sunday, September 13, 2015

First blog assignment 9/13

Cohen's essay, "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)," offers various ways--well, seven--for us to think about the role of the monster, or monster stories in culture. For this blog post, I'd like you to return to the monster that you wrote about for Friday. I asked you to think about what makes your particular monster "monstrous," so you already have a good start here. Now, I'd like you to consider how at least one of Cohen's theses might help you add to, or develop your own ideas.

Of course, Cohen's essay gives specific examples, but for the most part, his theses are pitched at a pretty general level, so how does your monster provide a good case study for one of these theses? How might this case study help us understand better what Cohen is saying about monsters? If, for example, your monster ties into the fears and anxieties of a culture, how does it do so exactly. If Cohen already mentions your monster, can you add to what he says? I'm looking for you to further elaborate and expand upon Cohen's ideas--give them flesh, make them clearer in light of your examples. They are, after all, theses.

The first post will be due this Tuesday at midnight.

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