miércoles, 26 de mayo de 2010
domingo, 23 de mayo de 2010
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.
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.
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.
In this poem he explores ways to confront death, as a plea to his own dying father.
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:
I'd like to share this ppt presentation about Modernism:
Modernism In Literature
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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.
Explore these two poems and consider word choice and use of imagery.
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?
Why do people love to tell tall tales and to listen to them?
What is the best way to tell a tall tale?
Tall Tales
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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.
Writers culturally reunited the country by crafting stories such as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.
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?
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?
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