How to Read Literature Like a Professor Presentations
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Quarter I - Cultural Identification and Struggle
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Thematic Extensions/Related Readings and Viewings:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/21/opinion/sunday/exposures-children-immigrant.html?_r=0 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/when-no-gender-fits-a-quest-to-be-seen-as-just-a-person/2014/09/20/1ab21e6e-2c7b-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html |
Selected Readings from Literature (Hughes, Alexie, Dunbar, Cofer, Smith, among others)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Contemporary Poetry of Driskill and Shire The Personal Essay (See links to left for additional readings) |
Invisible Man - Extended Readings
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This is succinct summary with analytical points to the opening chapter of the novel. Mr. McMahon has one of these for each chapter. I highly recommend the videos, although I will not post them here. His articualtion is a great example of the type of critical thinking/reading that accompanies AP study.
At a minimum, be able to discuss the attached study guide questions with textual evidence from the assigned chapters and, in some instances, the related reading(s). |
Quarter II-Myth, Magic and Unexplained Phenomena
Interesting Related Readings
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Major Works
Selected Readings from Literature (Porter, Marquez, Coleridge, Keats, Walcott, Yeats)
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Shelley's Frankenstein
The Analytic Essay
Expect more frequent analytical/timed writing this quarter. To that end, I'll be posting a few additional reources on the Home page to help you polish your work.
Review These Concepts
Selected Readings from Literature (Porter, Marquez, Coleridge, Keats, Walcott, Yeats)
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Shelley's Frankenstein
The Analytic Essay
Expect more frequent analytical/timed writing this quarter. To that end, I'll be posting a few additional reources on the Home page to help you polish your work.
Review These Concepts
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Quarter III-War and Violence
Selected Readings from Literature (Borges, O'Brien, O'Connor, Collins, Hardy, Yeats, Komunyakaa, among others)
Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Shakespeare's Hamlet and/or Macbeth
Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Shakespeare's Hamlet and/or Macbeth
Quarter IV-Death and Aging
Selected Readings from Literature (Dickinson, Donne, Hopkins, Housman, among others)
Hesse's Siddhartha
Hesse's Siddhartha