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AP English 3. September 8 th through 11 th. Tuesday, September 8 th. Opener Hold on to SOAPSTone chart of Declaration of Independence; we will revisit tomorrow Autobiography Lit Circle Group Meeting. Wednesday, September 9 th.
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AP English 3 September 8th through 11th
Tuesday, September 8th • Opener • Hold on to SOAPSTone chart of Declaration of Independence; we will revisit tomorrow • Autobiography Lit Circle Group Meeting
Wednesday, September 9th • Review SOAPStone; brief discussion of chart on Declaration of Independence; Hold on to chart- you WILL need it later • Rhetoric Quiz- Syllogisms • Rhetoric Notes- Lines of Proof • Lines of Proof activity
Poster • Topic: High school students should have a mid-day nap. • Each group should write a line of proof to persuade the administration of this assertion. • On poster: • Title • Line of proof • Picture on poster
Thursday, September 10th • Opener • Notes on American Literary Periods
Puritan/Colonial Revolutionary/Age of Reason Romanticism American Renaissance/Transcendentalism Realism Modernism Harlem Renaissance Post Modernism Contemporary Literary Periods
Puritan/Colonial (1650-1750) Genre/Style • Sermons • Diaries • Personal Narratives • Written in plain style
Effects/Aspects Instructive Reinforces authority of the Bible and Church Historical Context A person’s fate is determined by God All people are corrupt and must be saved by Christ Puritan/Colonial
Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation Rowlandson’s “A Narrative of the Captivity” Equiano’s narrative Though not written during Puritan times, The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter depict life during the time when Puritan theocracy prevailed. Puritan/Colonial Examples
Genre/Style Political pamphlets Travel writing Highly ornate style Persuasive writing Effect/Aspects Patriotism grows Instills pride Creates common agreement about issues National mission and the American character Revolutionary Age/Age of Reason 1750-1800
Historical Context Tells readers how to interpret what they are reading to encourage Revolutionary War support Instructive in values Examples Writings of Jefferson, Paine, and Henry Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac Franklin’s “The Autobiography. Revolutionary/Age of Reason
Genre/Style Character sketches Slave narrative Poetry Short Stories Effect/Aspects Value feeling and intuition over reason Journey away from corruption of civilization and limits of rational thought toward the integrity of nature and freedom of imagination Helped instill proper gender behavior for men and women Romanticism (1800-1860)
Historical Context Expansion of magazines, newspapers, and book publishing Slavery debates Industrial revolution brings ideas that the “old way of doing things are now irrelevant. Examples Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” Poems of Emily Dickinson Poems of Walt Whitman Romanticism
Genre/Style Poetry Short Stories Novels Hold readers’ attention through dread of a series of terrible possibilities Effects/Aspects True reality is spiritual Comes from 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant Idealists Self-reliance and individualism American Renaissance/ Transcendentalism
Historical context Portrayals of alluring antagonists whose evil characteristics appeal to sense of awe Stories of persecuted young girl forced apart from her true love People seeking the true beauty in life and in nature A belief in true love and commitment American Renaissance/Transcendentalist
Realism (1850-1900) Genre and Style Characteristics Examines realities of life, human frailty, local color Depiction of ordinary people in everyday life Objective narrator Does not tell reader how to interpret the story • Novels and Short Stories
Realism Historical Context Examples Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass • Civil War (1861-1865) brings demand for “truer” type of literature that does not idealize people or places • Dialogue includes regional voices
Modernism Genre and Style Characteristics Pursuit of the American Dream America as the land of Eden Soon that optimism and a belief in the importance of the individual is overwhelmed by themes of alienation and disillusionment • Novels • Plays • Poetry • Experimental as writers seek a unique style • Use of interior monologue and stream of consciousness
Modernism Historical context Examples SteinbecksThe Grapes of Wrath Eliot’s The Wasteland Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms Williams The Glass Menagerie Chopin’s The Awakening • Writers reflect the ideas of Darwin and Marx • Overwhelming technological changes of 20th Century
Harlem Renaissance (1920s) Genre and Style Characteristics Gave birth to gospel music Blues and jazz transmitted across America via radio • Outgrowth of Modernism • Allusions to African-American spirituals • Uses structure of blues songs in poetry (repetition) • Superficial stereotypes revealed to be complex characters
Harlem Renaissance Historical Context Examples Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun Wright’s Native Son Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Ellison’s Invisible Man • Mass African-American migration to Northern urban centers • African-Americans have more access to media and publishing outlets after they move north
Post-Modernism (1950 to present) Genre/Style Characteristics Concern with individual in isolation Social issues as writers align with feminist and ethnic groups Erodes distinctions between classes of people Insists that values are not permanent but only “local” or “historical” • Narratives: both fiction and non-fiction • Metafiction • Magical Realism • Mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader • No heroes • Humorless
Post-Modernism Historical Context Examples Feminist and social issue poets: Plath, Angelou Capote’s In Cold Blood Stories of Bradbury and Vonnegut Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye Beat poets: Kerouac, Ginsberg • Post-World War II prosperity • Media culture interprets values
Contemporary (1970s to present) Genre/Style Characteristics Concern with connections between people • Continuation of Post-Modernism • Narratives: fiction and non-fiction • Autobiographical essays • Anti-heroes • Emotion-provoking • Humorous Irony
Contemporary Historical context Examples Poetry of Dove, Cisneros, Soto Walker’s The Color Purple, Haley’s Roots, Morrison’s Beloved Nonfiction by Didion, Dillard, and Krakauer O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Megastars: King, Crichton, Grisham, Clancy • Beginning a new century • Media culture interprets value • Influence of war (Vietnam; Gulf; Iraq)
Friday • Opener
He went on till he came to the first milestone, which stood in the bank, half-way up a steep hill. He rested his basket on the top of the stone, placed his elbows on it, and gave way to a convulsive twitch, which was worse than sob, because it was so hard and so dry. Thomas Hardy How do the details in this passage prepare you for the convulsive twitch at the end of the passage? This passage does not describe the character’s face at all. What effect does this lack of detail have on the reader. Welcome