W8L1 Herhalingsweek Literature

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

What do I expect of you?

• Do your work!
• Try to speak as much English as possible. 
• Be mindful, respectful & communicate!
• Be on time: more than 5 minutes = too late. 
• Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me/student. 
• Phones are in your bags, bags are on the floor.
• No eating or drinking in the classroom (gum included), water is allowed. 

learning goals

I can answer multiple choice questions about spoken English

I know the discussed literature from the Romantic and Victorian Age

During this lesson

1. recap literary terms & style/sound techniques

2. your questions about the literature

3. practice questions 

literatuur historisch overzicht

-historical context Romanticism & Victorian Age

-assorted poems Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge(=Romantic Age)

- Frankenstein

- Pride and Prejudice

- Jane Eyre

- The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Literary terms you need to know.

Setting

- time (e.g. 1994, last Tuesday, 10 years in the future)

- place (e.g. in outer space, on a boat, in your home)

- weather (e.g. rainy, sunny, windy)

- social conditions (e.g. racist society, a selfish family, poverty)

- mood (e.g. calm, optimistic, anxious)

                                       Be as precise as you can be!

Why is the plot structure important?

Plot structure is not just used in literature, but in all storytelling, television and film.

Once you know plot structure, you can automatically organise something abstract into something that is concrete and makes sense. 

Freytag's Pyramid

inciting incident

conflict

Conflict is the most important part of a story. It creates the plot! There are four different kinds of conflict in stories:

- Man versus Man

- Man versus Nature 

- Man versus Society 

- Man versus Self 

round vs flat characters

individual/round - many sided and complex personalities.

 Static/flat – Stereotypes; they have one or two characteristics that never change and are often over-emphasized.

Protagonist

The protagonist is the central character or the main character in a story. They are often the character with whom the reader sympathizes or supports.

Define protagonist and discuss the role they play in a story. Ask students to identify protagonists from their favorite books or movies.

Antagonist

The antagonist is the character or force that opposes the protagonist. They create conflict and obstacles for the main character to overcome.

Explain the concept of an antagonist and provide examples from popular literature. Discuss the importance of conflict in storytelling.

Motivation

Motivation refers to the reasons behind a character's actions or behaviors. It helps to understand why a character behaves the way they do.

Define motivation and its significance in character development. Encourage students to analyze the motivations of characters they have encountered in their reading.

Theme

The story’s main ideas.

The “message” the writer intends to

communicate by telling the story

Topic

... is generally 1 word that outlines the main idea being explored in a text 

Examples: love, revenge, family, nature, war

Theme

... is the moral lesson that the author wants the reader to learn. Usually a sentence.

Topic

Fear of death

Love

Friendship

Theme

the fear of death can be a catalyst of change

People will often sacrifice anything for those they love

Friendship can often get people through even the hardest of times

Topic

Fear of death

Love

Friendship

Theme

the fear of death can be a catalyst of change

People will often sacrifice anything for those they love

Friendship can often get people through even the hardest of times

Point of view vs perspective

Point of view is HOW the narrator is telling the story

Perspective is WHO is telling the story/ is being told about

For example: a book can have 1 point of view (3rd person), but 3 perspectives (3 different people))

style techniques

• metaphor = word that refers to something else 
• simile = comparison/as/like
• personification = ascribing human traits to an object 
• oxymoron = combination words with opposite meanings

sound techniques 

• consonance = words with same consonant sound
• assonance = words with same vowel sound.
  
• alliteration = specific type of consonance, words with the same first consonant sound
  
• onomatopoeia = words that sound like their meaning

Note that these are sound techniques and therefore may not be reflected in spelling, i.e. “do you like blue” is also considered assonance!!

Which techniques? 

the bee buzzed in my ear

the cat meowed for milk 

he was as quiet as a mouse 

I wandered lonely as a cloud 

cyclical nature of life

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cyclical nature of life

with God

Child with subconscious remembrance of life with God

corruption by society

recollection in tranquillity

The idea that when you are reminded of something that happened in the past, you do not just remember the event. The emotions the event originally evoked also recur. 

your questions for the learning goals

PRACTICE QUESTIONS BOOKS

EXPLAIN!

NEVER give an answer without giving explanations and examples!

(unless we are asking factual questions)

While answering questions:

Make sure to explain AND support your answer by using examples from the story.

You will never receive points for just stating your opinions, only for the reasoning behind it.

How can The Picture of Dorian Gray be considered an example of the Aesthetic movement?

Jane Eyre: 

What is Mr. Rochester hiding and why?

Jane Eyre:

What kind of conflict is most prevalent in this novel?

Pride and Prejudice: 

Explain why Elizabeth Bennet is making choices that are not in her best interest (in the context of the 18th century).

Frankenstein:

Which part of the story could be seen as the inciting incident?