This week we went over the first part (Part One) of Heart of Darkness--making sure wee filled out the journey tracking journal (see previous posts for BOOKMARK and Beginning assignment).
We also:
Studied "The White Man's Burden" by Kipling and a parody of it POETRY ASSIGNMENT W-TH
Wrote a fine draft of an essay in class: ACCOUNTANT ESSAY PROMPT: T-TH
Reviewed and edited each other's essays: Friday, March 1st
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Here we go!
Please make sure and hand in your mapping of the "Good and Evil" article as well as your comments on "The Hollow Men."
As we read-- we will take notes in the following ways:
Review what impressionist writers are up to
Follow the hints and tasks on the bookmark as you keep a READER'S JOURNAL
Keep a detailed Journal of the beginning of the Journey!
As we read-- we will take notes in the following ways:
Review what impressionist writers are up to
Follow the hints and tasks on the bookmark as you keep a READER'S JOURNAL
Keep a detailed Journal of the beginning of the Journey!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Neitzsche and Nihilism-- Yikes!
Well, we mapped out that old argument about good and evil and discussed it-- it is digested, at least through the first of how ever many stomachs scholars have-- I believe cows have only four chambers of digestion--
Here is the essay to read and the map to create: Good and Evil Revisited, by Frederich Nietzsche
We are working up to reading Heart of Darkness by getting our first impressoin about impressionists. Here is a link to some excellent information: Impressionist Writers
Here is a link to a really wonderful presentation on the impressionists in general-- the artists and how/why it all got to be about "impressions" rather than "objective reality."
For the break, we will be reading "Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot and digesting a few quotes of his own.: Hollow Men and commentary chart
Be sure to smell some flowers and eat something sweet as we proceed into these dark waters--its not a pretty picture, I'm afraid.
Happy Weekend!
Here is the essay to read and the map to create: Good and Evil Revisited, by Frederich Nietzsche
We are working up to reading Heart of Darkness by getting our first impressoin about impressionists. Here is a link to some excellent information: Impressionist Writers
Here is a link to a really wonderful presentation on the impressionists in general-- the artists and how/why it all got to be about "impressions" rather than "objective reality."
For the break, we will be reading "Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot and digesting a few quotes of his own.: Hollow Men and commentary chart
Be sure to smell some flowers and eat something sweet as we proceed into these dark waters--its not a pretty picture, I'm afraid.
Happy Weekend!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
New Schools of Criticism: Shut the Doll House!
We went over two more critical lenses: Marxist and Freudian (psychoanalytical). We will talk about structural criticism in general, as well as Archetypal criticism, before we hit the deconstructionists-- who are hard to understand and that's okay--it's their point really, that we can't possibly understand--- exactly.
Today we took the final on A Doll's House-- come see me if you were absent
Next Up: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Please buy a copy and have it for Tuesday, Feb. 19th
OR:
This text is $0.99 to download on Amazon-- try one of our Kindle readers (see Ms. Beazizo) or download the FREE Kindle reader app on your ipod or ipad or mac or pc or blackberry or droid-- great time to experiment with the technology for only a buck.
Today we took the final on A Doll's House-- come see me if you were absent
Next Up: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Please buy a copy and have it for Tuesday, Feb. 19th
OR:
This text is $0.99 to download on Amazon-- try one of our Kindle readers (see Ms. Beazizo) or download the FREE Kindle reader app on your ipod or ipad or mac or pc or blackberry or droid-- great time to experiment with the technology for only a buck.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Thursday Notes
If you were absent today (Thursday) please remember to bring in your poem inside your head and heart tomorrow-- we will recite!
Everyone: you need to finish the play--read Act III tonight, and don't forget to look at it from your particular perspective--through your particular critical lens!
If you were absent today: please make a bullet list of the five or six things you noticed while reading through Act II and as you looked at the text through the eyes of your chosen school of criticism. Briefly explain why you noticed what you did. Please hand this in tomorrow to substitute for taking part on your group's presentation.
Trivia: the 250 pounds that Nora borrowed at that time and that place is roughly equivalent to $6800 USD today---yikes!
Everyone: you need to finish the play--read Act III tonight, and don't forget to look at it from your particular perspective--through your particular critical lens!
If you were absent today: please make a bullet list of the five or six things you noticed while reading through Act II and as you looked at the text through the eyes of your chosen school of criticism. Briefly explain why you noticed what you did. Please hand this in tomorrow to substitute for taking part on your group's presentation.
Trivia: the 250 pounds that Nora borrowed at that time and that place is roughly equivalent to $6800 USD today---yikes!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Second Semester!
Oh, yeah! The home stretch of senior year--excellent, my dear students, excellent!
Here is a brief run-down of where we are as of today:
Monday: We went over the multiple choice part of the final exam and then checked out our next play: A Doll's House by Ibsen.
We have been talking/lecturing a lot about the critical schools, most especially Feminist Criticism and New Historicist Criticism. We took notes in class-- I am attempting to link the power point presentations to this blog post-- hopefully they are there.
READING: We will finish Act II by Thursday at the start of class-- you are to bring notes to class from your reading based on the kinds of literary things that either 1- New Historicist or 2- Feminist Critics would notice and remark upon.
POEMS: Please come to class prepared to recite, with feeling, the poem you are preparing for Poetry Out Loud.
Bye, Guys and Dolls!
Here is a brief run-down of where we are as of today:
Monday: We went over the multiple choice part of the final exam and then checked out our next play: A Doll's House by Ibsen.
We have been talking/lecturing a lot about the critical schools, most especially Feminist Criticism and New Historicist Criticism. We took notes in class-- I am attempting to link the power point presentations to this blog post-- hopefully they are there.
READING: We will finish Act II by Thursday at the start of class-- you are to bring notes to class from your reading based on the kinds of literary things that either 1- New Historicist or 2- Feminist Critics would notice and remark upon.
POEMS: Please come to class prepared to recite, with feeling, the poem you are preparing for Poetry Out Loud.
Bye, Guys and Dolls!
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