LIT 3015: Food in Film & Literature ONLINE
Spring 2011
Tentative Course Schedule
Week 1
W 3/9 Introduction to the course; Review syllabus and purchase texts;
Review Film Terminology TO DO:
- Complete JWU ONLINE COURSE ACCEPTANCE POLICY (LOCATED
UNDER "COURSE CONTENT" IN THE FOLDER TITLED "REVIEW
AND COMPLTETE TO BEGIN COURSE").
- Log out of Ulearn; on the right side of the page, you will see "Get a Taste of
Online Learning." Click that and read the info at each of the links in this folder
- Read about online manners.
- Read about why we use discussion boards.
- Complete post to Meet/Greet forum (folder located under "course content");
due by 8am on M 3/14
- Watch The Cutting Edge videos Parts 1-4
- Read Film Terminology Notes
- View powerpoint of Pan's Labyrinth stills and terminology
- Watch opening sequence of Eat Drink Man Woman; To view the clip in full
screen, click on the small square with an arrow next to the word 'Directions' on
the left corner.
- Complete Discussion Board #1 by posting a 300 word response to the
discussion board by class time on M 3/14: Now that you have watched The
Cutting Edge, watch the clip below from Eat, Drink, Man, Woman - a movie that
examines how food binds families together and discuss how the camera looks at
food in these scenes. It takes place in Taiwan and tells the story of a widowed
father who is a chef and who has three daughters who seem to be rejecting the
traditional way of life. the clips are as follows: the father preparing a traditonal
dinner for his daughers, his workplace, and finally one of his daughters also
preparing meals.
How does the camera "look" at the food"? What response does it evoke in the
viewer and how does its movements help us to make connections between the
different things we are seeing?
M 3/14 Discuss Jenab Essay
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board#1
by 8am W 3/16. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their posts
prompted for you. You may also ask them questions about their posts. Each of
your follow-up responses should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words
total)
- Listen to voice thread concerning the process of reading crticially
- Read "Persian Perfection" by Becky Ruiz Jenab, 47-51 in Alimentum
- Complete Discussion Board #2 by posting a 300 word response to the
discussion board by class time on W 3/16: What do you see as the central idea
or theme of this text? How is the metaphor of food connected to this theme?
Week 2
W 3/16 Watch Eat Drink Man Woman; Discuss Movie
TO DO:
- Watch Eat Drink Man Woman (on reserve at each campus library).
- Listen to voice thread #1: How to form an academic argument
- Listen to voice thread #2: How to form an academic argument
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #2
fby 8am M 3/21. In your follow-up responses
discuss what new ideas their posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total)
- Complete Discussion Board #3 by posting a 300 word response
by class time on Monday, 3/21 What do you see as an important theme in this
film and what connections do you see to the Jenab essay?
TO DO: - Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #3
by 8am W 3/23. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Complete Discussion Board #4 by posting a 300 word response by class
time on W 3/23: What is the central conflict in Eat Drink Man Woman and how
is that connected to the idea of food?
- Complete Invention Work for Responding to Film essay;
- BeginWork on Responding to Film essay
Week 3
W 3/23 Work on Responding to Film Essay
TO DO:
- Participate in live chat from 8-9pm. See instructions in course
announcements.
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #4
by 8am M 3/28. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Final Draft of Responding to Film essay due with reflection by 8am M
TO DO:
- Review Fiction Terms
- Read "Front Yard Fruit" by Ellen Estilai, pp. 29-35 in Alimentum &
"Puffed Rice and Meatballs" by Lara Vapnyar, pp. 51-69 in Broccoli and Other
Tales of Love.
- Complete Discussion Board Post #5 by posting a 300 word min. response
by 8am on W 3/30: How do the two stories by Vapynar and Estilai create two
very different ideas of community that revolve around food? What is the central
idea of each text and how do they differ from one another?
Week 4
W 3/30 Read Responding to Short Fiction Essay assignment. Discuss Babette's Feast
TO DO:
- Participate in live chat from 8-9pm. See instructions in course annoucements.
- Listen to voice thread concerning analyzing fiction.
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #5
by 8am M 4/4. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read lecture notes on "Babette's Feast" under Course Content tab.
- Read "Babette's Feast," by Isak Dinesen , pp. 21-59 in Anecdotes of Destiny
- Watch Film, Babette's Feast (Dir. Gabriel Axel, 102 min.)
- Complete Discussion Board #6 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on M 4/4: Why is being a chef to important to Babette's dentity? She calls
herself an artist. Why does she do this? How does she use her food to
communicate to others and what is she stating? Try to refer to specific scenes
and lines in this discussion.
M 4/4 Discuss "A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf" and "Sacrifice in Fukuoka"
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #6
by 8am W 4/6. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf" by Vapnyar, 3-24 in Broccoli and
Other Tales and "Sacrifice in Fukuoka" by Paul Silverman, 7-14 in Alimentum
- Complete Discussion Board post #7 by posting a 300 word min. response
to the discussion board to the following question by classtime on W 4/6:
How do these two stories use food as a metaphor to present love, longing, and
desire in two very different ways? Explain how the metaphor of food is used
differently in one of these stories in comparison to Babette's Feast.
Week 5
T 4/5 ONLINE CHAT 2PM!
TO DO: - Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board#7
by 8am Monday 4/11. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Complete Invention work responding to short fiction essay (submit to
proper folder in Ulearn); due by 8am on FRIDAY 4/8.
F 4/8 Invention Work for Responding to Short Fiction Essay Due by 8am
M 4/11 Work on Responding to Short Fiction Essay
TO DO: - Final draft of Responding to Short Fiction Essay Due with reflection due by
8am on W 4/13
Week 6
W 4/13 LIVE CHAT 8PM;
Complete Midterm Exam:
TO DO:
- Midterm exam due by 8am on M 4/18
M 4/18 Midterm due by 8am; Conventions of Poetry; Discuss Stoddard, Sze-Lorrain &
"Borscht"
TO DO:
- Submit proposal for term project by 8am on W 4/20
- Review Elements of Poetry
- Review Responding to Poetry Essay
- Listen to Voice Thread 1 of 3: Poetry
- Listen to Voice Thread 2 of 3: Poetry
- Listen to Voice Thread 3 of 3: Poetry
- Read "Borscht," by Lara Vapnyar pp. 25-49 in Broccoli and Oher Tales
- Read "Clove" by Christina Stoddard, page 24, in Alimentum
- Read "Priileged" by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, page 15, in Alimentum
- Complete Discussion Board#8 by postinng a 300 word min. response by
8am on W 4/20: Explain what you see as an overall theme of the Vapnyar story
and describe how this theme is related to how food is used as a metaphor in
either the Stoddard or Sze-Lorrain poem.
T 4/19 Live Chat @2pm: Subject = poetry
Week 7
W 4/20 Submit proposal for term project by 8am; discuss Aleman & Johnson-Duell and
"Slicing Sauteed Spinach"
TO DO: - Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #8
by 8am M 4/25. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read "Slicing Sauteed Spinach" by Vapnyar, 115-133 in Broccoli and Other Tales
- Read "Contest of Wills" by Michael Aleman, page 116 in Alimentum
- Read "Le Nozze" by Christine Johnson-Duell, page 26, in Alimentum
- Complete Discussion Board #9 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on M 4/25: What is an important theme in "Slicing Sauteed Spinach" and
how is this theme connected to the use of the food metaphor in one of the poems
by Aleman or Johnson-Duell? What differences/similarities do you seen in their
uses?
M 4/25 Discuss poems
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board#9
by 8am W 4/27. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read "Red Tea," by Carol Was, page 85, and "Alone in the Desert" by Bill
Mayer, pp. 90-91 in Alimentum
- Read "Tomatoes" by Molly Fessler, 92-93, in Alimentum
- Complete Discussion Board#10 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on W 4/26: Choose any two of these poems and discuss their thematic
similarities and differences. Remember: Theme = central idea
- For Your Reference: Student Draft: "Trying to erase the past in Yusef
Komunyakaa’s 'Facing It'” by Carol Miller
- For Your Reference: "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa
Week 8
W 4/26 LIVE CHAT 8pm; Complete Invention work/outline and draft Poetry Essay
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #10
by 8am M 5/2. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Complete Invention Work: Poetry Essay
- Final Draft of Poetry Essay Due witih reflection
TO DO:
- Begin Reading Like Water for Chocolate, pp. 5-81
- Complete Discussion Board#11 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on W 5/4: Identify and discuss what you see as an emerging theme in the
novel and how these characters are developed and revealed to us through their
connection to food?
- Final term project due W 5/11
T 5/2 LIVE CHAT 2PM
Week 9
W 5/3 Discuss Like Water for Chocolate
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #11
by 8am M 5/9. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read LIke Water for Chocolate, pp. 82-161
- Complete Discussion Board #12 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on M 5/9: Discuss the parallels you see between the recipes at the
beginning of chapters and the plot in the chapters. What connection do you see
with a prevailing overall theme?
- Final term project due, W 5/11
M 5/9 Discuss Like Water for Chocolate
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board #12
by 8am W 5/11. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Read Like Water for Chocolate, pp. 162-246
- Complete Discussion Board#13 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am onW 5/11: Identify and discuss what you see as an emerging theme in the
novel.
- Final Term project due next class, W 5/11 by 8am
Week 10
W 5/11 LIVE CHAT 8PM Submit final project by 8am; Watch Chocolat; Discuss
"Gjetost"
TO DO:
- Respond to two posts made by other students on Discussion Board#13
by 8am M 5/16. In your follow-up responses discuss what new ideas their
posts prompted for you. You may also ask
them questions about their posts. Each of your follow-up responses
should be a minimum of 150 words each (300 words total).
- Watch Chocloat (Dir. Lasse Hallström, 121 min.)
- Read "Gjetost" by Peter Selgin in Alimentum, pp. 18-23
- Complete Discussion Board #14 by posting a 300 word min. response by
8am on M 5/16: In both the film and the essay, The preparation and eating of
food is described in detail What is the significance of this, and what do the
attitudes of the main characters towards food show about their personalities?
M 5/16 Watch Like Water for Chocolate; Discuss "The Big Juan"
TO DO:
- Read "The Big Juan," by Michelle Panik, pp. 72-83, in Alimentum
- Work on Final Exam
Week 11
W 5/18 Final Exam take due by 8am with reflection
