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Early American Literature
Slide 1 - Diapositive
Road Map
Finish: Edgar Allan Poe - The Black Cat
Start: Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart
Slide 2 - Diapositive
Lesson goals
At the end of this lesson you can
give a brief description of the context of Edgar Allan Poe's life
outline the major events of his life
describe the characteristics of a short story
summarise the plot line of The Black Cat
describe at least two characteristics of the story
analyse their effect on the reader
give your well-founded opinion of the work
Slide 3 - Diapositive
Literary aspects
Short story:
'a relatively short work of prose fiction, approx. 500 to 10,000 words, that, according to Edgar Allan Poe, can be read in a single sitting of two hours or less'.
The short story works to create a single effect.
(The Norton Introduction to Literature, 2013)
Slide 4 - Diapositive
The Tell-Tale Heart
Listen to the following reading of the story by Matthew Gray Gubler
Highlight or underline words you do not know
Try and form an opinion on the narrator
See if you can divine the structure of the text
Slide 5 - Diapositive
Literary aspects
Structure
1. Introduction
2. Rising action - often there is some kind of conflict
3. Climax
4. Falling action - attempts are made to work things out
5. Denouement
Slide 6 - Diapositive
Slide 7 - Vidéo
Literary aspects
So, what about the narrator?
Slide 8 - Diapositive
Literary aspects
Structure
1. Introduction: The narrator introduces himself, a nervous man with a very acute sense of hearing who has killed his housemate because he could not stand his vulture-like eye.
2. Rising action: for seven nights in a row, the narrator enters the old man’s bedroom at around midnight with the intention of killing him only he doesn’t because he is asleep
Slide 9 - Diapositive
Literary aspects
3. Climax: On the 8th night, the old man wakes up because the narrator’s ‘thumb slipped upon the tin fastening’ of his lantern. The narrator kills the old man and hides his body parts.
4. Falling action: The police come to investigate after a neighbour had informed them they had heard a shriek.
5. Denouement : The narrator cracks and ‘admits the dead’.
Slide 10 - Diapositive
Homework
Finish the assignments belonging to 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
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