Hey guys,
user: showy posted this on After the Bomb, found it quite helpful.
"After the bomb resources and ideas 2010
I've noticed that there is a fair few of us doing After the Bomb and there are very few resources available, and a lot of 'I'm so lost' threads around. Let's collate ideas and resources in one place. You post resources/ideas, and I'll add them to this post.
First up: Paradigms
Social/Cultural:Feminism
Political:Communism vs. Capitalism, Cold War, Detente period
Philosophical:Existential thought
Religious:
I have purposely not included 'personal' as a category here because personal isn't a category in itself, it's the response of composers to these paradigms, and what we're studying.
Resources:
Success in After the Bomb- textbook by Five Senses Education. Not up on the website yet- enquire at a store.
Essays
Creative Writing Samples/Ideas
Related Texts
The Atomic Cafe
The Crucible- Arthur Miller
1984- George Orwell
'The Plague', by Albert Kamus, 1948
Japanese 'Godzilla' film
'On the Beach' - both book and film.
'Grave of the Fireflies' - a Japanese anime film, 1988
'Atomic Cocktail' - if you wanted to do songs..
'Look back in Anger' - a play
'When the Wind Blows' - book
'North by Northwest' - Alfred Hitchcock
'On the waterfront' - something about the McCarthy era as well
'The Quiet American' - book.
'Rebel without a cause', James Dean
'White Noise', Don Danillo, 1984.
'The Third Man' - Reed.
Barefoot Gen
M.A.S.H. eps
Mad Men
Gojira- the original Japanese Godzilla
Dr No
From Russia With Love
Winston Churchill's speeches"
Hope you found that helpful. While I'm here, I've been given a creative task related to 'sense of place' in Cold war texts.... any ideas? I'm doing Hiroshima, Waiting for Godot and Sylvia Plath...
thanks guys!
"You ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?" (Dr Strangelove)