Maus Chapter 1 + TEDTalk

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Maus Chapter 1

Time for a quiz!

1. What do we call this?

1. speech bubble
2. emanata
3. voice over
4. gutter

2. What do we call the space between panels?

1. borderless panel
2. gutter
3. emanata
4. voice over

3. What do we call this kind of panel (a panel that spans the width of the page)?

1. borderless panel
2. splash
3. gutter
4. speech bubble

4. What do we call this?

1. emanata
2. gutter
3. splash
4. speech bubble

Maus

A Survivor’s Tale

My father bleeds history

Introduction activity Maus 

Chapters

My father bleeds history

(mid - 1930s to winter 1944)

Ch 1 - The Sheik

Ch 2 - The Honeymoon

Ch 3 - Prisoner of War

Ch 4 - The Noose Tightens

Ch 5 - Mouse Holes

Ch 6 - Mouse Trap

Maus: Genre

• A Survivor’s Tale (memoir)
  
• Postmodernist work
  

Postmodernism:

A late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.

Read explanation of postmodernism on your Google Classroom.

Common features of postmodernism

 Postmodernist works are often fragmented and do not easily, directly convey a solid meaning. That is, these works are consciously ambiguous and give way to multiple interpretations.

- Self-reflexivity

- No concept of a single ‘truth’, ideas are believed instead of known

- Uncertainty and ambiguity

- Metafiction

- Unreliable narration

- Fragmentation

- Intertextuality

- Questioning the world around you 

Chapter 1 - Questions

1. What has happened to Artie’s mother? 

2. How does Vladek get along with Mala, his second wife? What kind of things do they argue about? 

3. How long has it been since Artie last visited his father? What do you think is responsible for their separation? 

4. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg. How was he introduced to Anja Zylberberg? Why do you think he chose her over Lucia? 

Students online

1. First watch the TED Talk and answer the questions -  EDPuzzle (18 minutes).
2. Read the handout about postmodernism. Look up the common features of postmodernism (make sure you know what these terms mean) (10 minutes)
3. At 11:00 join the Google Meet. We're going to discuss the introduction activity and chapter 1 of Maus together (30 minutes).

Students in class

1. First we're going to discuss the introduction activity and chapter 1 of Maus together (30 minutes). 
2. After this, watch the TED Talk individually and answer the questions -  EDPuzzle (18 minutes).
3. Read the handout about postmodernism. Look up the common features of postmodernism (make sure you know what these terms mean) (10 minutes)

TEDTalk

Watch the TEDTalk on how to read a graphic novel and answer the questions (EDpuzzle)

"“In the world of comics, we must learn to see for ourselves since the whole truth is always a complex interrelation of words and images”

 

Memoir

Characteristics:

 - Focuses on a short period of time or several related events in the author’s life (doesn't cover a great span of years -- that's an autobiography)

 - First person point of view

 -Focuses on events the way the author remembers them 

 -Includes author’s thoughts and feelings 

 -Includes dialogue 

 -Written in narrative form (example: he description of the setting of the author’s apartment is an example of using the narrative form. )

 -Includes a strong ending that makes the reader think 

Chapter 1 - The Sheik

Chapter 1 - Questions

1. What has happened to Artie’s mother? 

2. How does Vladek get along with Mala, his second wife? What kind of things do they argue about? 

3. How long has it been since Artie last visited his father? What do you think is responsible for their separation? 

p. 14

Look at page 14 again, what stands out to you?

Think about the positioning of the panels, the interaction, what we focus our attention on, the use of colour, think about the activity.