2015年4月23日星期四

Purpose Statement

Purpose Statement:
The purpose of this study is to explore the sentimental responses for the character of Sherlock Holmes in BBC television series.
Central questions:
Why do the playwrights of the series set the sentimental responses for the character of Sherlock Holmes?
What do the sentimental moments of Sherlock mean?
Sub-questions:
Under what circumstances does Sherlock Holmes become sentimental?
What are the consequences of Sherlock’s sentimental responses?
How will the analysis of the sentiment moments lead to the understanding of the character Sherlock Holmes?


2015年4月13日星期一

Moments

I still have the problem of identifying Y clearly, so these moments are only for the draft.

XBritish television show Sherlock Holmes
Y:  the women in the series
Three moments: 1) Molly is a chemistry laboratory assistant. She helped Sherlock survive when Sherlock has a duel with Professor Moriarty. She pulled Sherlock back through a window when Sherlock jumped from the rooftop, and Sherlock kissed her.
2) Mary is Dr. Watson’s wife. In their wedding, Sherlock made a heartfelt speech to wish them forever happiness.

2015年4月9日星期四

Short analysis final draft - Yang Fengrui

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12hUBD2MDS2-6ICyVFJI3q9Hqfm-J-8Q7Qp_DAS9mLsg/edit?usp=sharing

Three CFPs

Three cfps:
1) Category: Children Literature
“Into the Pensieve: The Harry Potter Generation in Retrospect.” The collection mainly focuses on how the series influence the generation who grow up with Harry Potter Culture.
Topics can be:
l  Fan studies
l  Pedagogical methods
l  Global approaches
l  The narrative and genre concerns of the series
l  The roles of history in the series

2) Category: Children’s Literature
“A Special Issue of the Journal of Popular Film and Television on Holmes Onscreen (Tentative Title)” The collection mainly focuses the reasons behind Holmes’ (onscreen) continuing fascination for viewers and examine their treatments of a wide range of social issues including race, gender, terrorism, and international relations.
Topics:
l  Holmes and woman
l  Holmes and fear
l  Holmes and the form of detective writing

3) Category: Theater
“Shakespeare & Education” The collection in interested in the teaching and learning methods of Shakespeare.
Topic:
l  Re writing Shakespeare in the classroom
l  Digital Shakespeare
l  Integrating performances in teaching Shakespeare
Texts:
1)   X: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Movie
Y: Marketing Approach outside British and the U.S.A.; Chinese Fans groups; British History in Harry Potter
2)   X: BBC television show Sherlock Holmes
Y: the women characters in the show; the family concepts; the ways the shows present Sherlock’s fear
3)   X: King Lear the movie
Y: the teaching methods of King Lear; the advantages of showing a movie for understanding Shakespeare; the disadvantages of showing a movie
4)   X: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Movie
Y: Marketing Approach outside British and the U.S.A.; Chinese Fans groups; British History in Harry Potter
5)   X: CBS’s television show – Elementary
Y: the women characters in the show; the family concepts; the ways the shows present Sherlock’s fear

2015年4月2日星期四

Short Analysis of Dearth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntJz2E_NqImRMv375yFsw1klNR-uwBwfthNLGDd_P34/edit