RESOURCES

RESOURCES


Dino Franco Felluga, Introductory Guide to Theory
Purdue On-Line Writing Lab (OWL)
OWL’s Online Guide to Using MLA Format in Citations
Sample Mid-Term Questions
Best Responses from a Past Mid-Term
Examples of Incorrect Grammar and Style
Sample ‘A’ Paper on Buffy, ‘Once More, with Feeling’
Sample ‘A’ Paper on Buffy, ‘The Body’
Sample ‘A’ Paper on The Matrix
Sample ‘A’ Paper on ‘Jose Chung’s From Outer Space’
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  INTROS

  TERMS


SECTION 1: Choose three of the following four quotations. Identify the excerpt (author and text), then state the significance of the quotation (10 points each; 3 X 10 = 30 points).


Suggested Time: 22 minutes


A) "all narrative posits, if not the Sovereign Judge, at least a Sherlock Holmes capable of going back over the ground, and thereby the meaning of the cipher left by a life"

   

B) "This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood."

   

C) "Am I supposed to believe that’s a real name?"

   

D) "seeing is believing"



SECTION 2: Choose three of the following four terms or names and explain the significance of each (10 points each; 3 X 10 = 30 points).


Suggested Time: 22 minutes


A) Proairetic and hermeneutic codes

   

B) Metaphor

   

C) Repetition Compulsion

   

D) Discourse

      

Sample Mid-Term Exam

ENGL 373H: The Theory of SF&F

INSTRUCTOR         : Prof. Felluga

OFFICE                    : HEAV 430

OFFICE HOURS      : T,Th 1:30-2:30 (or email me)

E-MAIL:                   : felluga@purdue.edu