Read the packet on Washington Irving and "Rip Van Winkle" - write a unified essay about gothic literature using "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" to discuss how Irving is a gothic writing. Consider elements of gothic writing like setting, historical context, characterization, mood, tone to discuss your argument.
Make sure to cite and use both stories appropriately to show how Washington Irving is a gothic writer. these essays will be collected and graded when you return.
The paper must be typed, double spaced, 12 pt font, times new roman and 1 inch margins. Please make sure it is titled and your name is on it.
If you'd like me to look at it over break, please email it to me, mssackstein@yahoo.com
Also, please read "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe - and annotate for Tuesday, 1/6 in class.
Monday, December 22, 2008
reminders
Independent Reading assignment #3 is due tomorrow -
just a reminder that an independent reading assignment is just that, independent. You cannot, under any circumstance, use a play, novel, or short story we read as a class. This would defeat the purpose of you working on your own to complete the assignment.
Independent Reading assignment #4 will be January 23rd (Friday before Regents)
just a reminder that an independent reading assignment is just that, independent. You cannot, under any circumstance, use a play, novel, or short story we read as a class. This would defeat the purpose of you working on your own to complete the assignment.
Independent Reading assignment #4 will be January 23rd (Friday before Regents)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Homework for Friday 12/19
Please read "the Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving and annotate it looking for elements of gothic literature as discussed in class today.
In case you lose the handout, here is a link to read the story:
http://www.bartleby.com/310/2/2.html
In case you lose the handout, here is a link to read the story:
http://www.bartleby.com/310/2/2.html
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Poem revisions for tonight
With the feedback received from your peers, please revise the poems written last night. If possible, please type them and attach the first draft with the revised draft as well as your picture.
Also make sure to write a reflection on the draft about your experience with this poem. How was it mimicing an author and then having to revise. Did you like reading the work of your classmates? Did you get valuable feedback?
Also make sure to write a reflection on the draft about your experience with this poem. How was it mimicing an author and then having to revise. Did you like reading the work of your classmates? Did you get valuable feedback?
Monday, December 15, 2008
Homework for Tuesday due Wednesday, 12/17
Write a poem with a transcendental theme in the style of Whitman. Find a picture for the inspiration, these will be shared in class tomorrow.
Use Whitman's poem as a "mentor" text - mimic or imitate the style Whitman uses in your own work.
Then reflect on the experience on this blog - is it hard to imitate some one else's style?
Use Whitman's poem as a "mentor" text - mimic or imitate the style Whitman uses in your own work.
Then reflect on the experience on this blog - is it hard to imitate some one else's style?
Walt Whitman - Modern poet?
http://www.etsu.edu/writing/mo&pomo/whitman/
Go to the blog – read the handout and/or go on the website with a partner and read the links – explore with a partner and take notes in your sourcebook.
1. What are the characteristics of Whitman’s writing?
2. What influence has Whitman’s writing had?
3. What makes Whitman a “modern” poet?
4. What makes him a transcendental writer?
5. What did Emerson have to say about Whitman’s writing as per his letter to him after it was first published? http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/collections/ww/langarts.html
Post one comment to this post that you found interesting about Whitman that continues to make Whitman relevant to readers today.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Typical Elements of American Gothic Fiction
1. Settings most often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years." Since castles in the American landscape were practically unheard of, early Gothic fiction writers began substituting the family estate for the traditional castle.
2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot which seeks to discover the secrets lying within the supernaturally charged environment.
3. A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder that took place at the family estate in question.
4. Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams usually play a large role in the mysterious air that is created within the story.
5. Tales include highly charged emotional states like: terror, a feeling that one is on the brink of insanity, anger, agitation, an exaggerated feeling of some impending doom, and obsessive love.
6. Supernatural events: ghosts, doors that open themselves, unexplained sounds, etc.
7. Damsels in distress are frequent. Women who are frightened and confused, wandering around lost, or dying due to a slow and unexplainable ailment.
8. Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom: dark, foreboding, forbidding, ghostly, etc.
9. Romantic themes often involve the death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one feels upon the loss of a loved one.
2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot which seeks to discover the secrets lying within the supernaturally charged environment.
3. A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder that took place at the family estate in question.
4. Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams usually play a large role in the mysterious air that is created within the story.
5. Tales include highly charged emotional states like: terror, a feeling that one is on the brink of insanity, anger, agitation, an exaggerated feeling of some impending doom, and obsessive love.
6. Supernatural events: ghosts, doors that open themselves, unexplained sounds, etc.
7. Damsels in distress are frequent. Women who are frightened and confused, wandering around lost, or dying due to a slow and unexplainable ailment.
8. Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom: dark, foreboding, forbidding, ghostly, etc.
9. Romantic themes often involve the death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one feels upon the loss of a loved one.
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