I.Due
Dates Redux
A.Critical
Reading due today; if you don=t
have it, get it in tomorrow at the latest
B.Due
Monday:2 journaling assignments
on two readings from RC&G
ideally,
do one on theory and one on a personal account
journaling
means the two-column thing
pagination
refers to the 4th edition of RC&G and will have to
be changed
use
your common sense: the reading should be about sex/gender in some way
C.Due
next week on Wed. (10/10): your gender paper (short story)
II.How
to write a short story
A.Creativity
is personal
a
few more words on the college experience
running
ideas past the professor
B.Genre
fiction if you want to:
fantasy
and SF
mystery
romance
C.AI@
fiction: first person
D.Narrative
fiction: third person (s/he/they)
E.Other
alternatives
letters
or newspaper articles
adding
illustrations?
comic
book?
TV
show or film Atreatment@
III.Ranma 2
A.The
value of comparison/contrast
B.Some
Japanese stuff you should know
first
and last names are reversed
Takahashi
Rumiko and Shonen Jump
the
muko-yoshi tradition
C.What
to look for
what
assumptions/comments are made about how men/women SHOULD act?
what
issues develop when they don=t
act as they should?
what
different issues do men and women face?
D.Main
characters
The
Saotome Family
Ranma:
the son/daughter
Genma:
Ranma=s
father and panda
Mrs.
Saotome: absent
The
Tendo Family
Akane:
youngest daughter and martial arts nut
Nabiki:
middle daughter, obsessed with money
Katsumi:
oldest daughter, a sweet little homemaker
Soun:
their father, a martial arts teacher
Mrs.
Tendo: dead
Tatewaki
Kuno: school bully, kendo champion, and all-around jerk