Examen II
Study Guide for the Second Exam
Exam Date: Thurs., April 26, 11:30AM - 2:00PM
This exam accounts for 20% of the class’s total grade.
Section I.
Answer five (5) of seven (7) questions(50% of the exam’s total grade) based on the following material:
Films:
Men with Guns (Hombres armados) John Sayles, USA, 1997.
The Tenth Man (El rey del once) Daniel Burman, Argentina, 2016.
Novel:
Laub, Michel. Diary of the Fall. London: Vintage Books, 2015.
Oral Presentations
HOW TO PREPARE:
Films:
Review the questions in the film’s study guides provided for each film:
Diary of the Fall:Provide answers to the following questions:
- Is this an autobiographical text? If so, defend your answer.
- What is the chronology of the novel or short story?
- What is the basic conflict?
- What are the characteristics of the narrative voice(s)?
- Who is the Focalizer (the eye who sees)?
- Explain how the text deals with syncretism and/or aculturization?
- Explore how the text portrays religious topics, such as redemption?
- Why did the author write the novel or short story?
- What is the ideology of the text you read?
- Why do we keep on reading the story?
Oral presentations:
- Read the handouts
Section II. Write an essay (worth 50% of the exam’s total grade)
Write an essay based on Men with Guns, The Tenth Man, Diary of the Fall using a traditional format (introduction where you present a thesis statement, arguments where you defend or defend your thesis statement and a conclusion, where you summarize your essay’s or thesis statement’s main idea)
Possible topics: (I will select the one of the list to be expanded in the test)
A combination of the following topics: memory, narration, father,-son relationships, redemption, spaces and gender roles as the relate to Men with Guns, The Tenth Man, Diary of the Fall.