Critical Response Paper (Essay Format)
This reading must be used to guide your examination of “Be Right Back”: Bynum, Caroline Walker. “Material Continuity, Personal Survival and the Resurrection of the Body: A Scholastic Discussion in its Medieval and Modern Contexts.” In Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion, 239-297. New York: Zone Books, 1992. Popular Culture Viewing:
Analyze the episode, “Be Right Back” (S02E01 – 48 minutes), from the British television show Black Mirror. The episode is available on Netflix.
Examine how Bynum’s article/chapter intersects with “Be Right Back”.
· In your own words, provide a fair, thorough synopsis of the Bynum reading making sure to address Bynum’s major points and arguments.
· Do not evaluate the reading; instead, show that you understand it. Your primary focus should be Bynum’s arguments.
· Thinking about Bynum’s essay, discuss and analyze ideas, questions, and problems that Black Mirror’s “Be Right Back” raises and/or addresses making reference to specific scenes, characters, dialogue, and so forth. While it is terrific if you are able to make connections to both , this portion of your response must evidence intersections between the article and the tv episode.
NOTE : ESSAY FORMAT
