Essay

Critical Response Paper (Essay Format)

This reading must be used to guide your examination of OKA CRISIS

READING: Bynum, Caroline Walker. “Material Continuity, Personal Survival and the Resurrection of the Body: A Scholastic Discussion in its Medieval and Modern Contexts.” In Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion, 239-297. New York: Zone Books, 1992. Popular Culture Viewing:

Analyze the film Oka Crisis. . . . . .CHECK YOUTUBE

Examine how film intersects with the article.

· In your own words, provide a fair, thorough synopsis of the Bynum reading making sure to address Bynum’s major points and arguments.

· Do not evaluate the reading; instead, show that you understand it. Your primary focus should be Bynum’s arguments.

· Thinking about Bynum’s essay, discuss and analyze ideas, questions, and problems that Oka crisis raises and/or addresses making reference to specific scenes, characters, dialogue, and so forth. While it is terrific if you are able to make connections to both, this portion of your response must evidence intersections between the article and the film.

NOTE : ESSAY FORMAT

NO OUTSIDE SOURCES/RESEARCH

USE ONLY FILM AND BYNUM’S ARTICLE