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SUMMER. SPRING. WINTER. FALL. SUMMER. SPRING. Discreet Thresholds in a Fluid World. 21s. WINTER. FALL. SUMMER. SPRING. Culmination of life Triumph Maturity Union/marriage Wish Fulfillment. Birth/Rebirth Revival/Renewal Resurrection Procreation Defeat of death. Hibernation
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SUMMER SPRING WINTER FALL
SUMMER SPRING Discreet Thresholds in a Fluid World 21s WINTER FALL
SUMMER SPRING Culmination of life Triumph Maturity Union/marriage Wish Fulfillment Birth/Rebirth Revival/Renewal Resurrection Procreation Defeat of death Hibernation Death Disillusionment Ultimate fears Waning Strength Impending Death Isolation Tyranny Falling WINTER FALL
SUMMER SPRING Birth/Rebirth Revival Resurrection Procreation Defeat of death Culmination of life Triumph Maturity Union/marriage Wish Fulfillment COMEDY ROMANCE/ ADVENTURE Hibernation Death DisIllusionment Ultimate fear Waning Strength Impending Death Isolation Tyranny Falling SATIRE/ IRONY(MOCKS THE OTHER THREE) TRAGEDY WINTER FALL
Culmination of life Triumph Maturity Union/marriage Wish Fulfillment SUMMER SPRING Birth/Rebirth Revival Resurrection Procreation Defeat of death COMEDY ROMANCE/ ADVENTURE LAMB/SHEEP GARDEN PRECIOUS STONE WOLVES FORESTS/JUNGLES/CAVES DESERT DESTRUCTIVE JEWEL SATIRE/ IRONY(MOCKS THE OTHER THREE) TRAGEDY Waning Strength Impending Death Isolation Tyranny Falling Hibernation Death Disullusionment Ultimate fear WINTER FALL
Culmination of life Triumph Maturity Union/marriage Wish Fulfillment SUMMER SPRING Birth/Rebirth Revival Resurrection Procreation Defeat of death COMEDY ROMANCE/ ADVENTURE LAMB/SHEEP GARDEN PRECIOUS STONE FAMILIAR ORDERED/CIVILIZEDLIGHT Friends/HelpersCommunityFlesh/Wholeness STRANGECHAOTICDARK WOLVES FORESTS/JUNGLES DESERT DESTRUCTIVE JEWEL Foes/DragonsIsolation/IndividualBlood/Sacrifice SATIRE/ IRONY(MOCKS THE OTHER THREE) TRAGEDY Waning Strength Impending Death Isolation Tyranny Falling Hibernation Death Disullusionment Ultimate fear WINTER FALL
Now Connect this to Experience • Rituals and Coming of Age • Cycles of Life; Transitions: Macro and Micro • Connect this to “Venus” and the Caves And then connect to Literature—Narrative metaphors of life
The Quest • A Questor • With a place to go • For stated reasons • Facing obstacles and eventually (and ironically?) • Finding the real reason for the journey
What is the real reason? • Knowledge • Greeks: “Anagnorisis” (gno=knowledge) • Joyce: “Epiphany” • Comic Books: Light Bulbs
Knowledge about What? • Their World (and their place in it) • Mortality • Their Community (its values, expectations, mores) • Selfishness v. Seflessness • Sacrifice • Themselves (Self-Identity) • Who Am I? • Father/Mother Atonement
Works of Literature: Fresh • “Through the Tunnel” (the tunnel) • “Scarlet Ibis” (the glade and the storm) • “The Interlopers” (the forest) • “The Most Dangerous Game” (the island/jungle) • “By the Waters of Babylon” (the city) • Romeo/Caesar (the wedding/the tomb in RJ; JC?) • Mockingbird (the courtroom and the forest) • Mice And Men (their goal—the farm) • Miracle Worker (the garden house) • Black Boy (Chicago)
Sophomore • Huck Finn (the river) • Gatsby (Valley/Ashes?) • Scarlet Letter (the forest) • “YGB” (the forest) • Death/Salesman (the dream sequences) • Catcher/Rye (NYC)
Children’s Films: Initiates • Shrek • Aladdin • Charlie and Chocolate Factory • Lion King • Beauty and Beast • Toy Story