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March 18, 2010: English/Periods 1 & 5 Important information—continue clicking to reveal text

March 18, 2010: English/Periods 1 & 5 Important information—continue clicking to reveal text. LONG TERM GOAL: 2-Chunk paragraph to be finished with Ms. Hafizi after the break SHORT TERM GOAL: Finish reading book, 5 annotation cards for each chapter, and create web for 2 chunk paragraph.

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March 18, 2010: English/Periods 1 & 5 Important information—continue clicking to reveal text

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  1. March 18, 2010: English/Periods 1 & 5 Important information—continue clicking to reveal text • LONG TERM GOAL: 2-Chunk paragraph to be finished with Ms. Hafizi after the break • SHORT TERM GOAL: Finish reading book, 5 annotation cards for each chapter, and create web for 2 chunk paragraph

  2. Allegory-definition • An allegory is a story in which characters, settings, or actions stand for something beyond themselves. (abstract ideas, moral qualities, historical figures…) Brinnin, John, “Symbolism and Allegory, Elements of Literature, 402-403, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Orlando, 2007

  3. Parable-definition • A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson Websters II Riverside New University Dictionary

  4. Naguib Mahfouz: 1911-2006 THE BASICS • Name pronunced NAH-geeb MAH-fooz • Considered by many to be the most important 20th century novelist writing in Arabic--a father of the genre • Very prolific-- 45 novels & short stories, 30 screenplays & several plays

  5. Naguib Mahfouz: 1911-2006 • Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988--a first for author writing in Arabic--Committee praised his stories as applying “…to all mankind.” • Novels deal with controversial social and political topics--including the changing family roles in modern society & role of religion in modern society

  6. Naguib Mahfouz: 1911-2006 • The Cairo Trilogy, (1957) follows 3 generations of an Egyptian family & explores Egyptian thought, attitudes, and social change from WWI until the 1952 coup that overthrew King Farouk • Children of the Alley (1959) was banned for a time in Egypt because of its controversial exploration of religion and characters based on Muhammad & Moses • Controversial writing led to an assassination attempt in 1994--Mahfouz survived

  7. Naguib Mahfouz: 1911-2006 • The Journey of Ibn Fattouma, (1983), and the Cairo Trilogy, (1957), ask the question, “What is the best way to organize society? • It has been compared to Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) which satirizes English society and government

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