tional required readings assigned thus far (i.e. readings other than Nochimson). For each, write a short 600-word essay that situates the quotation within the wider context of the author’s discus- sion. What specific point is he or she trying to make in the quotation? How does this specific point link up to the broader elements of the argument? Why is the quotation, and the strand of argument it represents, important within the broader essay as well as within the larger context of film studies discourse? Be concise. Remember that this assignment is not about your own critical view of the discussion. You are simply being asked to present the author’s argument in your own words as clearly and economically as possible. Length: 1200 words total.
1- Solaris thus relies on science-fiction rules to enact in reality itself, to present as a material fact, the notion that woman merely materializes a male fantasy: Harey’s tragic position is that she be- comes aware that she is deprived of all substantial identity, that she is nothing in herself, since she only exists as the Other’s dream, in so far as the Other’s fantasies turn around her — it is this predicament that imposes suicide as her ultimate ethical act: becoming aware of how [Kelvin] suffers on account of her permanent presence, Harey finally destroys herself by swallowing a chemical stuff that will prevent her recomposition. Slavoj Žižek, “The Thing from Inner Space”
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