11A1: satire

Here is two parts of a CNN documentary called 'The Spirit of Satire.'  might find of the definitions interesting.

9: poetry calendar downloads, info.

Download a blank calendar sheet (doc).

Download page one and page two of my sample calendar (pdfs).

The assignment sheet is below. (If you don't see it, click 'More'.)

10A: sample introduction

Here's a PDF of the introductions handout.

Here's the sample introduction we wrote together in class today:

As students walk around the halls of The International School of Helsinki, they see the motto, ‘Each one is unique.’ But are we all really unique? Can we claim that every individual is essentially different, or are our apparent differences the result of the situations in which we have found ourselves? For Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, he sees the limitations of individuality because of war. In the opening chapters of the novel, individuality is seen as vulnerable and flexible in the face of circumstance. 

10: Streetcar questions

1.    For each of the characters listed, identify the defining characteristic, motivation, internal conflict and/or symbolic significance: Blanche, Stella, Stanley, Mitch.

2.    There is a difference between why Blanche says she has come to stay with Stella and Stanley and why she has actually come to stay with them. What is that difference?

3.    Can we see Stella as being ‘between’ Stanley and Blanche? Explain.

4.    What does Stanley’s behaviour at the poker game and around the house tell us about him and the world in which he lives?

5.    What does Blanche’s obsession with lighting tell us about her? What about her interaction with the paper boy?

6.    At the end of the play, what has Stanley done to Blanche? How do the other characters respond to that?

7.    How do we end up feeling about Blanche at the end of the play?

response question:

1.    Compare how The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire deal with a similar theme.
2.    Compare a character from The Glass Menagerie with a character from A Streetcar Named Desire.
3.    What role does the setting play in A Streetcar Named Desire? Think about atmosphere as being past of setting. Be as specific as possible.

12A1: WL2 template

Here is a link to download the template you used for your world lit. 1. I couldn't alter it as I have a virus on my home computer. Some additional things you need to do for this one:

1. On the title page, include which world lit 2 assinment youre doing (2A, 2B, 2C). If you're doing 2C, include the type of assignment you're doing (commentary? analysis of a passage?) in your title along with the work and aspect.


2. Change the header to 'World literature assignment 2.'


3. If you're writing about Year of the Hare or Hour of the Star, cut and paste the bibliographic entry from below.


4. If you are doing a commentary, include a copy of the passage you are using, clearly marked, and attach it to the end of the assignment.

Lispector, Clarice. The Hour of the Star. Trans. by Giovanni Pontiero. Manchester: Carcanet. 1986.

Paasilinna, Arto. The Year of the Hare. Trans. by Herbert Lomas. London: Peter Owen. 1995.

DUE Thursday 18 September.

11A1: Year of the Hare intro reading

Here is the document we looked at on Wednesday 10.9. It has background information about the novel and a reading schedule. Get a copy before Monday so you can do the reading.

11A1: Catcher orals

Catcher in the Rye orals

 

• Alone or in pairs


• 5 minutes per person


• Look at criteria


• presentations on Wednesday

12: Hamlet text & translation

E-notes has a side-by-side text and translation for acts I-IV. If you want act V, you have to subscribe and pay.

9: carpe diem film clip

This is the clip from Dead Poets' Society we watched Tuesday in class.

10: The Glass Menagerie typography

Here's an animated typography of a passage from the play. Quite cool.