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Literature 1

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Road Map
English literature -
last class

  • Marjane Satrapi
  • Prepare for test
  • Work on writing assignments



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What is literature?

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Graphic Novel
A book containing a long story told mostly in pictures but with some writing

It differs from a comic in that it contains serious literary themes and sophisticated artwork

(1992)


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Spenserian: in last 2 lines, turn
abab bcbc cdcd ee.

Petrarchan 8 - 6: after line 8 
abba abba cde cde/cdcdcd

Shakespearean 3 quatrains and a couplet
abab, cdcd, efef, gg
Periods of British Literature
Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

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What do you know?

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Context
  • Marjane Satrapi, Iran, 1969 
  • Originally in French
  • 2007: Persepolis film
  • 'The Revolution' = the Islamic revolution of 1978/9 in which the more western oriented shah was replaced by the conservative Ayatollah  Khomeini

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Work on assignments

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Test
10 multiple choice questions 
10 true/false questions
5 open questions - short answers in entire sentences
1 open question: analyse a poem 
1 open question on content
1 open question on literary devices 



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Literature
  • a cultural expression of value, 
  • in this course, an English written, fictional work,
  • which has more than just an entertainment value
  • that makes people think about ideas in society/ the way the world works/ themselves.

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Functions
  • increase empathy
  • help you to think about possible scenarios and responses
  • enjoyment
  • learning
  • reflection of language use and what you can do with it

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Periods of British Literature
Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

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The Elephant in the Village of the Blind



Content & origin
Explicit vs implicit meaning

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The Romantics: Taylor Swift vs Wordsworth
  • literary devices: recognise them in context
  • romantic sublime: what is it?
  • The Lakes / I wandered lonely: content
  • The Romantics: place on time line, who where they, characteristics.

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Edmund Spenser - Sonnet 75
  • what is a sonnet?
  • Italian and English sonnet - what are they?
  • what is a iambic pentameter?
  • rhyme scheme: you should know how to figure out a poem's rhyme sheme
  • Spenser: main events in his life & literary period
  • Sonnet 75: explicit / implicit meaning

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Spenserian: in last 2 lines, turn
abab bcbc cdcd ee.

Petrarchan 8 - 6: after line 8 
abba abba cde cde/cdcdcd

Shakespearean 3 quatrains and a couplet
abab, cdcd, efef, gg
The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde
  • Main characters: protagonist / antagonist
  • Story line  - explicit and implicit meaning
  • Five stages of a short story 
  • Oscar Wilde - life and literary period
  • characteristics of the Victorian era

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The Shabbat - Marjane Satrapi
  • Satrapi: life and literary period
  • content of the story
  • context of the story

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