We are going to look at writers of Post-Modernism (or Contemporary
Literature( - those writers who wrote after WWII. We will look at beat
poetry (Ginsberg, Corso, Diane di Prima, Amiri Baraka, Jack Kerouac),
and writers of the 60s (James Baldwin, others) and some more recent writers (Toni Morrison).
POSTMODERNISM: Itsmaincharacteristicsinclude
anti-authoritarianism, or refusal to recognize the authority of any
single style or definition of what art should be; and the collapsing of
the distinction between high culture and mass or popular culture, and
between art and everyday life. Fragmentation, dark humor and author
self-referencing are characteristics of postmodernism as is the idea
that there is no single truth.
Today we are going to review for tomorrow's test. I changed the poetry section just a little:
C) Be able
to discuss the following: "Helen" by H.D.,
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay and "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "This is Just to
Say" by William Carlos Williams.
A ) Make sure you can
discuss the symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" - reread the text if you need to.
B) Make sure you can
discuss what in going on in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - who
the main character is and the main theme of the poem.
C) Be able
to discuss the following: "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, "Helen" by H.D.,
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, "Station in the Metro" by Erza Pound,
"Anyone Live in a Pretty How Town" by e.e. cumming, "This is Just to
Say" by William Carlos Williams.
D) Harlem Renaissance Writers
The Great Gatsby
Things to KNOW
1)
2)Outline the main plot
3)List five the rumors
4)MOTIFS – explain the following and how it works
in the overall meaning of the text: TIME, Car Crashes,
5)SYMBOLS- explain the following and how they work
in the overall meaning of the novel: Eyes of Eckleburg, Green Light, Settings, Daisy’s voice
6)Characters: Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby,
Klipspringer, Wilson, Owl Eyes, Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, Mr. Gatz, Dan Cody,
Mr. and Mrs. McKee
7)Quotes
8)List all the dreams/illusions of the characters
in Gatsby
9)Allusions – KNOW AT LEAST FIVE ALLUSIONS and be
able to discuss their importance
10)Classes – discuss the different classes and there
representatives in Gatsby
11)THEMES: The Death of the American Dream; The
Roaring Twenties; Time – The Meaning of Time; Social Classes and Social
Structure in America
12)Meaning
of characters names.
1)List three symbols from the novel and briefly in
a few sentences discuss what they mean in relation to one of the major themes.
2)Who is the dynamic character and how does he
change?
3)List for settings in the novel (be exact) and
discuss the purpose of each setting.
4)Exactly when does the novel begin and when does
it end?
5)List the importance of the following
characters.Why are they important to
the novel?
DAISY:
GEORGE WILSON:
TOM:
MYRTLE:
OWL EYES:
JORDAN:
6)Outline the main plot (give at least 3 events in
the rising action)
7)What are some ways (at least five) that Jay Gatz
reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby?
8)List and discuss one major theme from the novel
and give examples of scenes that reinforce the idea.
9)Who is the protagonist of the novel?And make an argument using examples to back
this idea up.
FOR THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS NAME
THE SPEAKER:
10)“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family
life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and
have intermarriage between black and white”
_____________________
11)If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home
across the bay.You always have a green
light that burns all night at the end of the dock.”
______________________
12)“It’s really his wife that’s keeping them
apart.She’s a catholic and they don’t
believe in divorce.”
______________________
13)“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man
when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
______________________
14)“What’ll we plan?What do people plan?”
______________________
15)“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I
thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
_______________________
16)“You said a bad driver was only safe until she
met another bad driver?Well, I met
another bad driver didn’t I?”
______________________
Possible Short Answer Questions
Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two
cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or
ideas that are central to the meaning of the work.
Choose
a novel or a play that contrasts two such places. Explaining how the
places differ, what each place represents, and how their
contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often
a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the
hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result is,
as Henry James remarked, that the confidant or confidante can be as much “the
reader’s friend as the protagonist’s.” However, the author sometimes uses this
character for other purposes as well.
Choose a confidant or confidante discuss the various ways this character functions
in the work.
Novels
and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and
other
social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters
and the
society in which they live. Select a novel or play that includes such a
scene and discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the
work as a whole.
Today we will talk briefly about Zora Neale Hurston and move on to
page 878. We will read Langston Hughes (do questions 1-3, 7 on 885) and
James Weldon Johnson and Claude McKay (do questions 1-3, 5 and 8 on page
891).
THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE TEST:
A ) Make sure you can
discuss the symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" - reread the text if you need to.
B) Make sure you can
discuss what in going on in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - who
the main character is and the main theme of the poem.
C) Be able
to discuss the following: "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, "Helen" by H.D.,
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, "Station in the Metro" by Erza Pound,
"Anyone Live in a Pretty How Town" by e.e. cumming, "This is Just to
Say" by William Carlos Williams.
D) Harlem Renaissance Writers
The Great Gatsby
Things to KNOW
1)
2)Outline the main plot
3)List five the rumors
4)MOTIFS – explain the following and how it works
in the overall meaning of the text: TIME, Car Crashes,
5)SYMBOLS- explain the following and how they work
in the overall meaning of the novel: Eyes of Eckleburg, Green Light, Settings, Daisy’s voice
6)Characters: Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby,
Klipspringer, Wilson, Owl Eyes, Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, Mr. Gatz, Dan Cody,
Mr. and Mrs. McKee
7)Quotes
8)List all the dreams/illusions of the characters
in Gatsby
9)Allusions – KNOW AT LEAST FIVE ALLUSIONS and be
able to discuss their importance
10)Classes – discuss the different classes and there
representatives in Gatsby
11)THEMES: The Death of the American Dream; The
Roaring Twenties; Time – The Meaning of Time; Social Classes and Social
Structure in America
12)Meaning
of characters names.
1)List three symbols from the novel and briefly in
a few sentences discuss what they mean in relation to one of the major themes.
2)Who is the dynamic character and how does he
change?
3)List for settings in the novel (be exact) and
discuss the purpose of each setting.
4)Exactly when does the novel begin and when does
it end?
5)List the importance of the following
characters.Why are they important to
the novel?
DAISY:
GEORGE WILSON:
TOM:
MYRTLE:
OWL EYES:
JORDAN:
6)Outline the main plot (give at least 3 events in
the rising action)
7)What are some ways (at least five) that Jay Gatz
reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby?
8)List and discuss one major theme from the novel
and give examples of scenes that reinforce the idea.
9)Who is the protagonist of the novel?And make an argument using examples to back
this idea up.
FOR THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS NAME
THE SPEAKER:
10)“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family
life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and
have intermarriage between black and white”
_____________________
11)If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home
across the bay.You always have a green
light that burns all night at the end of the dock.”
______________________
12)“It’s really his wife that’s keeping them
apart.She’s a catholic and they don’t
believe in divorce.”
______________________
13)“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man
when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
______________________
14)“What’ll we plan?What do people plan?”
______________________
15)“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I
thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
_______________________
16)“You said a bad driver was only safe until she
met another bad driver?Well, I met
another bad driver didn’t I?”
______________________
Possible Short Answer Questions
Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two
cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or
ideas that are central to the meaning of the work.
Choose
a novel or a play that contrasts two such places. Explaining how the
places differ, what each place represents, and how their
contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often
a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the
hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result is,
as Henry James remarked, that the confidant or confidante can be as much “the
reader’s friend as the protagonist’s.” However, the author sometimes uses this
character for other purposes as well.
Choose a confidant or confidante discuss the various ways this character functions
in the work.
Novels
and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and
other
social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters
and the
society in which they live. Select a novel or play that includes such a
scene and discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the
work as a whole.
Today we will review chapter 9 and The Great Gatsby as a whole. Tomorrow we will move onto the Harlem Renaissance.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the unit students will be able to
1) Define character development, irony, metaphor, personification, subplot, atmosphere and allusion and symbol 2) List all the characters that appear in the novel and describe their physical appearance, motivations, social class. 3) List various allusions and foreshadows and discuss what they mean in relation to plot. 4) List the various types of conflict that occur throughout the novel and discuss who the conflicts are between. 5) Keep a journal that outlines each chapter by listing setting (if applicable), characters, conflicts, and summaries. 6) List three themes and in a paragraph or more discuss how these themes work in the novel. 7)
In an essay of a page or more discuss how Fitzgerald uses particular
images or characters as symbols and discuss how these symbols reflect
larger themes or ideas in the novel. 8) Outline the character development (inward change) of various characters (to be mentioned later). 9) List and outline four subplots in either novel. 10) List and outline the central plot. 11) In a paragraph or more discuss how social class or social problems fit in the novel and relate them to conflict and theme. 12) Pick out two or three examples of similes and/or metaphors and in a paragraph discuss how they are used. 13) Given a quotation identify the speaker.
THE GREAT GATSBY FINAL (Questions 1-25 are worth 3 pts each)
1)List three symbols from the novel and briefly in
a few sentences discuss what they mean in relation to one of the major themes.
2)Who is the dynamic character and how does he
change?
3)List for settings in the novel (be exact) and
discuss the purpose of each setting.
4)Exactly when does the novel begin and when does
it end?
5)List the importance of the following
characters.Why are they important to
the novel?
DAISY:
GEORGE WILSON:
TOM:
MYRTLE:
OWL EYES:
JORDAN:
6)Outline the main plot (give at least 3 events in
the rising action)
7)What are some ways (at least five) that Jay Gatz
reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby?
8)List and discuss one major theme from the novel
and give examples of scenes that reinforce the idea.
9)Who is the protagonist of the novel?And make an argument using examples to back
this idea up.
FOR THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS NAME
THE SPEAKER:
10)“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family
life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and
have intermarriage between black and white”
_____________________
11)If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home
across the bay.You always have a green
light that burns all night at the end of the dock.”
______________________
12)“It’s really his wife that’s keeping them
apart.She’s a catholic and they don’t
believe in divorce.”
______________________
13)“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man
when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
______________________
14)“What’ll we plan?What do people plan?”
______________________
15)“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I
thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”
_______________________
16)“You said a bad driver was only safe until she
met another bad driver?Well, I met
another bad driver didn’t I?”
