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Steampunk

Steampunk. By: Kirsten Corcoran. "The Ballad of Mona Lisa"-Panic at the Disco. A Steampunk music video. Activities for "The Ballad of Mona Lisa". Group/Class Discussion: What do you think steampunk is? What are some possible elements of steampunk that you saw in the video?

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Steampunk

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  1. Steampunk By: Kirsten Corcoran

  2. "The Ballad of Mona Lisa"-Panic at the Disco A Steampunk music video

  3. Activities for "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" • Group/Class Discussion: • What do you think steampunk is? • What are some possible elements of steampunk that you saw in the video? • Making inferences • Using the discussed elements of steampunk, what works could we study that would fall under this category? • What can we learn from steampunk? In other words, what messages do you think steampunk novels might have?

  4. Steampunk: A Definition Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes.

  5. Overlying Questions/issues • does the author craft the story in a way that the technology seems natural? • What would the world be like if the technology described was available? Would the world be better or worse? • Technology v. Morality

  6. Frankenstein -Mary Shelley • The truly chilling story of the consequences of technological/ scientific advance. Victor Frankenstein loses his mother at a young age and swears that he will discover the secret of life. He obsesses over the mystery of life and death and after years of hard work, he believes he has discovered the secret of bestowing life…but at what cost?

  7. Activities for Frankenstein • Taught in conjunction with This Dark Endeavor and “The Accumulating Man” • Movie clip: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein- “The Creation” (dir. Kenneth Branagh)

  8. This Dark Endeavor:The apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein -Kenneth Oppel • A prequel to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this novel focuses on the teenage Victor Frankenstein’s life. When Victor’s twin brother Konrad falls seriously ill, Victor embarks on a desperate and dangerous mission to Concoct the Elixir of Life and save his brother.

  9. Activities for This Dark Endeavor • Taught in conjunction with Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray • Movie Clip: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest • Chief smothers McMurphy after his lobotomy. Can the “wrong” be “right” under certain situations? • Group/Class Discussion • How far would you be willing to go to save a loved one? • How much can one event shape the future of a life? • What use is a prequel? Should prequels be written?

  10. "The Accumulating Man"-Maya Kathryn Bohnhoff • From The Shadow Conspiracy • The untold story of Mary Shelley‘s inspiration for Frankenstein. what Doctor John Polidori is really doing in the coach house will not only revolutionize modern medicine; it will also lead to unbelievable chaos .

  11. Activities for "The Accumulating Man" • Taught in conjunction with This Dark Endeavor and Frankenstein • Dark Matters: Twisted but True-TV Show • Episode 1.4: “It’s Alive” • The true story of an Italian scientist who tries to reanimate the dead. The real inspiration behind the novel. • Compare the different stories behind Mary Shelley’s inspiration. How does reading about an event (even fictional) in different ways aid or hinder our reading? How far should creative license go?

  12. Thomas Riley -Nick Valentino • The two nations of West Canvia and Lemuria have been at war for over twenty years. Brilliant West Canvian inventor Thomas Riley and his assistant Cynthia are well known for the weapons they design; however, when an experiment goes horribly wrong, Thomas and cynthia are forced to cross enemy lines in an attempt to save Cynthia’s life and the future of their country.

  13. Activities for Thomas Riley • Movie clip: X-Men: The Last Stand • Logan kills Jean to save her from inner darkness • Group/Class discussion: • How do you distinguish right from wrong? • The overall confusing nature of changing allegiances-can you change allegiance or sides without losing or changing yourself?

  14. Incarceron -Catherine Fisher • In our future, the human race becomes troubled by the progress it has achieved. The leaders decide to revert back to a medievalesque era in manners, dress and technology. Connected through illegal technology, Finn, a prisoner in the living, breathing , endless prison Incarceron, and Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron , must help each other escape.

  15. Activities for Incarceron • Connections to classic canonical texts through the theme of escapism • Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger • Hamlet-Shakespeare (also theme of imprisonment) • Frankenstein-Mary Shelley (also theme of technology) • Class/Group Discussion: • What role does technology play in our lives? • Should we fear the exponential growth of technology?

  16. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill • This graphic novel brings together characters from various Victorian fictions: WilheminaHarker , Allan Quartermain ,Captain Nemo, Henry Jekyll/ Edward Hyde, and Hawley Griffin .These famous characters must stop a war initiated by their former employee, the mysterious Mr. M.

  17. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Controversies • Graphic novel • Scenes of intense and extreme brutality, complete with blood and gore • Scenes of implied and obvious sexuality • Language The Jessamine Country Library, 2009: “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…containsexplicit sexual content including bestiality that could not be shown on TV.” http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/70326257.html

  18. Activities for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • Assemble your own League of Extraordinary Gentlemen using characters from books we have discussed. Who did you pick and why? • Group/Class discussion: • Why do you think creator Alan Moore chose these characters? • How might studying these famous literary characters in this context help your understanding of the characters? • Movie to text comparison • Mina v. Quartermain: Who makes the better leader?

  19. Other Resources • Steampunk Scholar • Blog from Mike Perschon, full time Professor at McEwan University • “Steampunk: Find your Niche” • Online class taught by author Beth Daniels • http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/steampunk-find-your-niche/ • http://www.rantingdragon.com/top-20-steampunk-books-an-introduction-to-the-genre/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steampunk_works • http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/steampunk-books-fantasy/379001732/ • http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/618.Best_Steampunk_Books

  20. Link to Glog • http://www.glogster.com/kcork0426/lxg-by-kcork0426/g-6ll4p1mjqta3k9iuoav6fa0

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