Week Four: Reading from a Position

Reading Assignment: This week I am asking you to read as much as you can of Jill Lepore's book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman.  She is an historian and a writer and discusses many of the contexts in which the orginal texts of Wonder Woman are embedded. In addition, to understand the character of Wonder Woman, you can read any of the comics I have put on the course resource page including some of the orginal versions of the character, of the character during the 1970s revival of the character and some from recent versions of the character.

Link to Interview with Gail Simone who recently wrote the character.

Writing Assignment: This week's writing assignment will start in-class. Using any of the information you gathered from reading The Secret History of Wonder Woman or from reading any of the Wonder Woman stories consider how you would design a Wonder Woman Theme Park World. What aspects of the character would you represent? What story would you tell? From what postition would you tell the story? How would visitors interact with the world and what aspects of the Wonder Woman story, both the historical background and the fictional character, would be highlighted? We will begin this assignment in this week's class, and you can choose to finish it for this week's post or simply respond to the book in the usual way.