Homework

ENGL 1010.35 / Dr. Minarich / Spring 2016 / 10 MAR 2016

SHORT RESPONSE PAPER 4: Tati, Mon Oncle To be turned in as a hard copy at the start of class on Tuesday 22 March

M. Hulot is seemingly always at odds with the modern (object) world. He’s a luddite in mid-century France—and yet he doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, he tends to find or do something charming or whimsical with regularity as he navigates the modern France that he does not understand. That said, what role does comedy/humor play in Mon Oncle? How would you characterize this kind of comedy? What relationship(s) do you observe between comedy and modern technology? Choose 1-2 scenes and close read/analyze to support your claims. You’ll really need to rely on visual rhetoric (as with other films/T.V. episodes/ads we’ve viewed) since there is very little dialogue (although sound plays an important role). Be sure to use details from the film as evidence. If you quote anything from the film, you need an in-text citation. You should have a Works Cited page and an entry for this film. See Writing Today, Chapter 27 for help. Failure to include a Works Cited page and/or in-text citations when necessary will result in lost points. This would also constitute plagiarism and will result in, at least, a 0 on the assignment and a meeting with me. In addition to Chapter 27, see online resources for MLA style at the MLA (Modern Language Association) website or at the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) website for help with in-text citations an/or works cited entries. Responses should be in MLA format. They should be 1-2 pp. in length and double- spaced with 1” margins. Use Times New Roman font and be sure to have a header and title.