Jerusalem Remains of the Day

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BritLit

Jerusalem & Remains of the Day

Jerusalem

• music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. 
• inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus = visited Glastonbury. 
• Linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation 
  

First Responses to "Jerusalem"

Can you link Jerusalem to the images you saw of the English countryside, to The Remains of the Day?

What is the attraction for an English audience?

An abomination!

BBC Proms;what a mangled abomination the new

/version of Jerusalem is. Totally unenjoyable and I feel done deliberately to upset all the right thinking people.— Art Brown (@ArtBrown99) 

 Christ on a bike. I don’t think I’ve ever heard as big an assassination of Jerusalem as what I’m witnessing right now on Last Night of the Proms.— Lord Summerisle (@LairdSummerisle) 

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/13/last-night-of-the-proms-reworking-of-jerusalem-sparks-major-backlash-13264562/?ito=cbshare

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First response

Close-reading

• Read the first two pages. 
• Can you find any evidence of conflict?
• What are the central themes?

Conflict, themes.

If Stevens is challenged by a changing social order, what are his challenges and what does he need in order to meet with them?

What is the effect of having Stevens as a narrator? Is he reliable?

Characterize Stevens

What insight does Stevens miss?

Characterize
Miss Kenton

Explore Lord Darlington's role as a representative of the old order

What does Mr Farraday represent?

Relate social class, English countryside and nostalgia to your personal experiences. Do you have any intersting anecdotes?

Teaching ideas
Social class (public schools, house of lords, north/south divide, pride of the working class)