Unit 2: Human Experience in Texts/Horror
Reading Strategies
KWL Chart
Graphic Organizer
Know, Want to Know, Learned
Prior Knowledge
Making Connections
Article Skimming
Identifying unknown words
Reading/Retelling Horror
I read I think Chart
Drawing Conclusions
The Lottery
Narrative Points of View
1st person
3rd person
Uncovering The Psychology of Fear
The Psychology of Fear
Catharsis
Sigmund Freud
Unconscious Mind
id
ego
superego
Aristotle
Psychoanalysis
Fascinated Dread...Immaterial Cause
Stephen King on Fear
Phobias
Blinded by Fear
Real Horrors
Imaginary Horrors
Welsh Sin Eater
Scared Witless
Physiology
Limbic sytems
Amygdala
Horriplilation
Snuggle theory
Titilliation
Mastery Testing
Simulated Risk
Startle Reflex
Horror Archetypes
Character
The Nerd/Stoner
The Last Girl
The Cheerleader
The Token Minority
The Jock
The Nice Guy
Plot
The Quest Pattern
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
Setting
Graveyard
Haunted House
Abandoned/Remote Places
Rural towns
Horror on Film
Elements of Film
Camera Movement/framing
Lighting
Sound
Music
Acting
Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster)
Editing
The Silence of the Lambs
Film Analysis
Sub Genres of Horror
Moral Allegory
Breaking rules
Punishment
Good vs Evil
Supernatural
Commentary on Society
Psychological
Abnormal psychology
human/creature creates horror
Monster at center of story
supernatural or human
The Fantastic
not knowing
Often supernatural
indirectly
No explanation