Assignment: 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 makeconnections to both , this portion of your response must evidence intersections between the article and the tv episode.
Reading: Fragmentation and Redemption- Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion Caroline Walker Bynum
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.