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- Oscar Wao draws heavily from popular culture. Comics as well as fantasy, science fiction, role playing games, film and music - to the extent it can even be considered a culture odyssey of "geekfom" in 80's and 90's America
- The majority of comic book references in the novel are from DC comics and Marvel universe like global icons such as batman and superman and popular series like X-man, the Fantastic four and Watchmen
- one source I might use is : Desai, Ahmad. “Superheroes in Love: The Role of Alan Moore's Watchmen in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Academia.edu, 22 Dec. 2014, www.academia.edu/19025540/Superheroes_in_Love_The_Role_of_Alan_Moore_s_Watchmen_in_The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao.
- The narrator of the Oscar sections is no stranger to a geeky allusion he repeatedly refers to himself as a Watcher yet he does not share in the same social awkwardness as Oscar
- in the book it shares a non-linear structure jumping back and forth in time
- Watchmen we are told is one of Oscar’s essential texts
- He even circled one of the panels in his first edition trade: Dr Manhattan’s famous parting words “nothing ever ends.” It’s a powerful moment one of of my favorite in all of Watchmen
- I think that the quote applies in two ways one is to Oscar’s family
- Even if individual stories come to a conclusion, the clan soldiers on, an idea which again is reinforced by the generational nature of Diaz’s story
- It also is relevant on a much longer scale
- One of the running motifs through the novel is the lingering wounds of the past
- The Trujillo dictatorship scarred the entire nation
- The past never lets go of us there is never a clean slate
- another source I may use is : Spector, Marc. “Comic Convo: The Brief, Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao.” Nothing But Comics, 19 Mar. 2015, nothingbutcomics.net/2015/03/17/comic-convo-the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao/.
- a source I might be using is: “Pop Culture References.” Pop Culture References | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2009, performance.millikin.edu/LiteratureCasebooks/OscarWao/popculture.html.
COMMENT ON EACH GROUP MEMBER'S IDEA DRAFT BLOG:
ReplyDelete1. Were there 3-5 quotes from various sections of the book p. 1-261? Did you think the quotes were interesting and relevant to ONE CLEAR, CULTURAL REFERENCE?
The quotes shown here are revelevent and shows consise information of why Oscar is an expert on his hobbies.
2. Did the writer make any connections (yet) between the quotes about Marvel, for example, and a MAJOR THEME, CHARACTER, OR STORYLINE DETAIL? Can you suggest any connections they may not have thought about yet?
Some suggestions I can give you are how does the quote apply to Oscar's family?
3. Did the writer start to do some popular research on their cultural reference that helps show any kind of connections between Diaz's story and the cultural reference?
Yes. For example, she explains that one of the quotes applies to Oscar's family.
1. remember to have 4 or more quotes in your rough draft and final essay
ReplyDelete2. Yes, she did she spoke about what connections she will bring up in the essay.
3. Yes, she will talk about Oscar's family and about Oscar and what he went through.