Literature 02-03-21

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

- How was your spring break?

- Get your readers out, because we will do literature today!

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Today

At the end of this lesson you'll ...

• Be able to explain what La Belle Dame Sans Merci is about
• Know a bit more about WWI
  
• Be able to answer questions about Rupert Brooke's Poems
• Deadline next week Friday: Literature assignment (p. 42) NOT the DPS assignment.
  

Romatic Era

Discussing homework

•  Let's refresh your memory: What was the poem about?
  
• Think about this for 1 minute, look in your reader
• I will ask some people to share their answer
  
• Afterwards we will discuss the answers to the questions
  

WAR POETRY: 1914-1918

WWI

• 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918
• One of the largest wars in history: 70 million soldiers, 9 million military deaths, 13 million civilian deaths
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary) was killed in Serbia, and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia,
  
• There were a lot of alliances, so nearly all of Europe was involved in the war. 
• Germany wanted to invade France through Belgium who remained neutral.
  
• England was neutral at first, but decided to fight against Germany because they invaded neutral territory (Belgium)
• There was a sense of optimism about the war as patriotism was strong in England.
• Some English poets wrote about the war from different perspectives
  

Rupert Brooke (1887-1915): War Sonnets

Let's read the poems

•  What is the speaker’s opinion of (dying in) war? Is it positive or negative?
• Something to think about: Sonnets are about love, how is this related to the poems we read?
  

Time to work

•  Do the exercises about The Soldier and The Dead
• You can work in pairs if you want to (not groups!)
• Think of the answers yourself first, but if you are unsure about it you can use the internet to help you.
  
• We will discuss the answers on Thursday
• If there are questions please come to the front of the class!
  

Homework and next lessons

• Finish the exercises about The Soldier and The Dead
• Read the information about Siegfried Sassoon (p. 33-35)
  
• We will discuss your answers on Thursday and we will continue with Siegried Sassoon then.