miércoles, 26 de mayo de 2010

domingo, 23 de mayo de 2010

Invitation

miércoles, 19 de mayo de 2010

In a Station at the Metro

Homework:

1) Read the poem by Ezra Pound.
2) Decide what you think the poem might look like.
3) Create a movie or powerpoint presentation including those images.
4) Send it to me.

Imagism

Do not go gentle into that good night

Listen to Dylan Thomas reciting his poem:



In this poem he explores ways to confront death, as a plea to his own dying father.

Do not go gentle into that good night

The poem turned into a song:

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

Listen to the poem recited in the movie "Back to School"

Modernism in Literature

Virginia Woolf wrote in her essay "Mr. Bennett and Mrs Brown" in 1924: "On or about December 1910 human nature changed. All human relations shifted and when human relations change there is at the same time a change in religion, conduct, politics and literature." That dictinct change in thought, behaviour, technology, arts is called Modernism.

I'd like to share this ppt presentation about Modernism:

miércoles, 12 de mayo de 2010

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy often focused on the bitter ironies of life, causing his contemporaries to accuse him of being pessimistic. 

Explore these two poems and consider word choice and use of imagery.


The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Can you believe it?

Watch and find out!

Tall Tales

Mark Twain did not write a story, he told it. He had the ability to "spin a yarn". What about you?

Why do people love to tell tall tales and to listen to them?
What is the best way to tell a tall tale?


Regionalism in America

After the Civil War, a new group of American writers known as Regionalists emphasized local cultures, the setting and their characters who tended to be of a particular region. What were their characteristics?

Writers culturally reunited the country by crafting stories such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.

THE TRAILER- The Importance of Being Earnest

The importance of being Earnest

Listen to this scene. Lady Bracknell is talking to Jack. She interviews Jack for the position of son-in-law.



In this satirical farce, Wilde ridicules the social attitudes of 19th century England.
What social attitudes is he referring to?

Oliver Twist asks for more



Watch and think

What was your first reaction to Oliver's plight?
What does Dickens suggest is the official attitude toward the poor?
What theme is implied by the excerpt  from Oliver Twist?