Literature last class

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Literature 1

Road Map

English literature -

last class

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

What is literature?

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

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'

What do you know?

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

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 

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.

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

Periods of British Literature

Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

The Elephant in the Village of the Blind

Content & origin

Explicit vs implicit meaning

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.

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

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

The Shabbat - Marjane Satrapi

• Satrapi: life and literary period
• content of the story
• context of the story