Overview:
To fully understand and appreciate literature, we need to consider the various contexts in which writers and readers exist. In this part of the course, we will explore three literary texts and their contexts, including an examination of genre, literary movements, and literary criticism.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Consider the changing historical, cultural and social contexts in which particular texts are written and received. Areas to be considered include:
- the impact of different forms of publishing, for example, serialization
- political pressure and censorship
- dominant and minority social groups
- the role of the individual and family in society
- the impact of prevailing values and beliefs
- protest and polemic
2. Demonstrate how the formal elements of the texts, genre and structure can not only be seen to influence meaning, but can also be influenced by context. Aspects to be considered could include:
- narrative technique
- characterization
- elements of style and structure
- poetic language
3. Understand the attitudes and values expressed by literary texts and their impact on readers. Students should be recognize that:
- there can be very different readings of the same text
- the context of reception, including the individual reader, influences the way a text is read
- different values may be in contention within a text
- the impact of different forms of publishing, for example, serialization
- political pressure and censorship
- dominant and minority social groups
- the role of the individual and family in society
- the impact of prevailing values and beliefs
- protest and polemic
2. Demonstrate how the formal elements of the texts, genre and structure can not only be seen to influence meaning, but can also be influenced by context. Aspects to be considered could include:
- narrative technique
- characterization
- elements of style and structure
- poetic language
3. Understand the attitudes and values expressed by literary texts and their impact on readers. Students should be recognize that:
- there can be very different readings of the same text
- the context of reception, including the individual reader, influences the way a text is read
- different values may be in contention within a text
About the Book:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year
The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington Post
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year
The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington Post
Shared Knowledge Portal:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qZKt-0hn2lssWCsdET9bbBELHQ_8bnkFSBzgcbSf7N4/edit?usp=sharing
Semester Long Project:
INSTRUCTIONS | |
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PAPER 2 PROMPTS | |
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DUE DATES:
A2-
B3-
A2-
- KEYVON: 12-23 DUE: 10/04/19
- CHARLESE: 24-35 DUE: 10/08/19
- KEITH: 36-47 DUE: 10/16/19
- DEJA: 48-59 DUE: 10/18/19
- JULIA: 60-71 DUE: 10/22/19
- JASMIN: 72-83 DUE: 10/24/19
- TYAUNA: 84-95 DUE:10/28/19
- SHADARRIA: 96-107 DUE: 10/30/19
- MAX: 108-119 DUE: 11/01/19
- ALYSHA: 120-131 DUE: 11/05/19
- CAMERON: 132-143 DUE: 11/07/19
- FRANCESCA: 144-155 DUE: 11/11/19
- APRIL: 156-167 DUE: 11/13/19
- JAYLA: 168-179 DUE: 11/13/19
- JERMYA: 180-191 DUE: 11/15/19
- LLONA: 192-203 DUE: 11/15/19
- JALYN: 204-215 DUE: 11/15/19
- JADA R.: 216-227 DUE: 11/19/19
- JADA A.: 228-239 DUE: 11/19/19
- CAMILLE: 240-251 DUE: 11/19/19
- KELSEY: 252-264 DUE: 11/21/19
- TYLER: 265-276 DUE: 11/21/19
- DERECK: 277-287 DUE: 11/21/19
B3-
- ALEISHA: 1-17 DUE: 10/03/19
- DOM: 18-35 DUE: 10/07/19
- MICHELLE: 36-53 DUE: 10/09/19
- JAMIAH: 54-71 DUE: 10/15/19
- JORDYNN: 72-91 DUE: 10/17/19
- T’MIA: 92-109 DUE: 10/22/19
- JESSICA: 110-127 DUE: 10/24/19
- CALIYA: 128-145 DUE: 10/29/19
- AARON: 146-163 DUE: 10/31/19
- MALANA: 164-181 DUE: 11/4/19
- TAYLOR: 182-199 DUE: 11/6/19
- KEAURI: 200-219 DUE:11/8/19
- NOAH: 220-238 DUE: 11/12/19
- CHRISHYA: 239-260 DUE: 11/14/19
- SHANIA: 261-287 DUE: 11/18/19
PG. 12-23 [KEYVON]
PG. 24-35 [CHARLESE]
PG. 36-47 [KEITH]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1znxYD4GFRZWB6q4kJcziOJUeLr2fwz8MQWT4p1PtR9g/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 48-59 [DEJA]
PG. 60-71 [JULIA]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1357QL1kvlvXNHo_KA9_dRENaksmOgmW0H83PvI9kfpE/edit?ts=5dc2f387
PG. 72-83 [JASMIN]
PG. 84-95 [TYAUNA]
https://www.canva.com/design/DADp6hJdfLc/INDR3sxVqxvkOLkoE9YbLw/view?utm_content=DADp6hJdfLc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink
PG. 96-107 [SHADARRIA]
PG. 108-119 [MAX]
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PG. 120-131 [ALYSHA]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-9l7VPSTL4fvJD4RJL5xyEffyKpwQAp5xZPsZp6ExBw/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 132-143 [CAMERON]
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PG. 144-155 [FRANCESCA]
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PG. 156-167 [APRIL]
PG. 168-179 [JAYLA]
PG. 180-191 [JERMYA]
PG. 192-203 [LLONA]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IbFuA8KbZPe_-ro09JY59QTecAMIFt2gyU7QpnPh_jU/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 204-215 [JALYN]
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PG. 216-227 [JADA R.]
PG. 228-239 [JADA A.]
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PG. 240-251 [CAMILLE]
PG. 252-264 [KELSEY]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yew4fOfHGdtluyogUkRuFrEKALv0CQB1Cefzwk0GjYg/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 265-276 [TYLER]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yP-hcPYYPv2SUGLDnaMDNW4Gr1FTFAIcBM-e0i-7P80/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 277-287 [DERECK]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fbByEXeNQ_xPamYAoNS1JmSgqFMKyuWxYAi_aPbA9C4/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 1-11 [CALIYA]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yChUM5ayFNdOwK5z1tsWnwa3zKdpFQVhEM0z_eMoKkY/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 18-35 [DOM]
PG. 36-53 [MICHELLE]
PG. 54-71 [JAMIAH]
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PG. 72-91 [JORDYNN]
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PG. 92-109 [TMIA]
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PG. 110-127 [JESSICA]
PG. 128-145 [ALEISHA]
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PG. 146-163 [AARON]
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PG. 164-181 [MALANA]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sTtQj9wtrO7aZbV_3jBuUQ8YqU-EfkoE/view?usp=sharing
PG. 182-199 [TAYLOR]
PG. 200-219 [KEAURI]
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PG. 220-238 [NOAH]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QbO78kc_PBeVsU925VBBk9M59Ois4pB7Lt8MB2BctuE/edit?usp=sharing
PG. 239-260 [CHRISHYA]
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PG. 261-287 [SHANIA]
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