Great discussions today in both classes. Truly proud of your progress with literary analysis and your ability to examine how pieces work together.
Read act 3
Journal:
1. Examine Lorca's treatment of honor, guilt and/or silence. How does Lorca address these issues? What happens to the characters who embrace or reject the concepts?
2. Choose a key passage from act 3. You should have a general idea why you chose it, but you need not analyze it in depth. Type it up, double space and bring it to class. The passage should be short - no longer than about 10 lines.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Lorca Journal 1 and 2
Journal 1: Read act I and write a journal discussing whether a character meets or rejects the archetype and examine one or two symbols.
Journal 2: Read act II - graded discussion tomorrow
Journal: write on one or a couple of the questions below. Please keep in mind that all of the questions are open to discussion tomorrow, so you might want to jot down some notes about all of them.
1. Which characters appear to be miserable in the play and why? When and how do the characters express their misery? What do the characters desire and what stops them from going after what each desires?
2. When and how does Lorca break the fourth wall? What is the effect of reminding the reader that the events on the stage are not real?
3. There are a variety of youths in the second act, why? How does Lorca use the youths to affect the themes of the play?
4. How does the set change between acts and what effect does the set have on the atmosphere?
5. Consider the cultural connections we discussed in class. Where can you identify Lorca's social commentary in the play? What does he suggest about the social issues?
Journal 2: Read act II - graded discussion tomorrow
Journal: write on one or a couple of the questions below. Please keep in mind that all of the questions are open to discussion tomorrow, so you might want to jot down some notes about all of them.
1. Which characters appear to be miserable in the play and why? When and how do the characters express their misery? What do the characters desire and what stops them from going after what each desires?
2. When and how does Lorca break the fourth wall? What is the effect of reminding the reader that the events on the stage are not real?
3. There are a variety of youths in the second act, why? How does Lorca use the youths to affect the themes of the play?
4. How does the set change between acts and what effect does the set have on the atmosphere?
5. Consider the cultural connections we discussed in class. Where can you identify Lorca's social commentary in the play? What does he suggest about the social issues?
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ibsen Journal 3 and 4
Read Act 3
Journal 3
Consider how Ibsen discusses language by addressing how and when characters provide or leave out information. Try to connect the language to characters actions
OR
Consider which characters are at fault for the events that are unfolding and why? Is there a character without blame? Why or why not? Is there a character who should carry more of the blame? Do any of the characters take responsibility?
Read Act 4 -
Commentary passage analysis
After analyzing your passage in class. Identify three to four links between your passage and events/lines in Act 4. Consider how the lines work together and for what purpose.
Journal 3
Consider how Ibsen discusses language by addressing how and when characters provide or leave out information. Try to connect the language to characters actions
OR
Consider which characters are at fault for the events that are unfolding and why? Is there a character without blame? Why or why not? Is there a character who should carry more of the blame? Do any of the characters take responsibility?
Read Act 4 -
Commentary passage analysis
After analyzing your passage in class. Identify three to four links between your passage and events/lines in Act 4. Consider how the lines work together and for what purpose.
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