Getting into Faulkner

Not easy, but as we read more, together and separately, we'll begin to piece our own narrative together. More, we'll be able to think about why Faulkner chose to tell his story in the way he did.  How do the multiple viewpoints and stream of consciousness style enhance our experience of the Bundren family plot?

Updated schedule!

Premiere OIB Assignments

　

Research Paper dates:

April 25th—draft

May 12^th—final paper

　

Reading dates AILD:

 

Wed, Apr 27^th, page 25

Friday, Apr 29^th, page 84

Wed, May 4^th, page 122

Fri, May 6^th, page 156

Wed, May 11^th, page 197

Friday, May 13^th page 231

Monday, May 16^th, end.

Portfolio and letter: May 18th

Welcome back, all!

We're back in the saddle tomorrow.  Expect a short P&P quiz (no worries, as long as you've read...).  Check out the sheet of the week for more details on the week to come.  Looking forward to seeing you all shortly!

Turns out he's not such a nice guy...

An updated schedule!

Premiere Assignment Schedule

Monday, March 14—read P&P to p.168, ch 7 of vol 2

Wed, March 16—to p. 203, ch 13

Friday, March 18th—notes and topic

Monday, March 21st—finish volume 2

Wed, March 23rd—p. 285, through ch 6 of vol 3

Friday, March 25th—criticism commentary

Monday, April 11th—finish reading P and P

Wednesday, April 13th—term paper outline

Friday, April 15th—Macbeth rewrites

Week of April 18th—in class writing on P and P

Paper draft—April 22nd

Final paper date—May 6th

Dates on reading of As I lay Dying to follow
Gather up your writing material for portfolio!

Moving on with P & P!

Hi, folks!  Keep up with the reading schedule so you don't fall behind, and stay tuned for more information on our poetry research projects. You've all made some great choices...

Question:  Who is Mr. Collins and how does he disrupt the lives of the Bennet girls?

Here's the schedule, folks...

Pride and Prejudice reading schedule:
to ch 6 for Monday
to ch 11 for Friday (March 4), p. 58
to page 104 for Monday the 7th
to p. 128, or end of volume 1 for Friday the 11th
To p.163 for mon the 14th
to p. 203 for wed the 16th
to p. 232 end of volume for mon 21st
to p. 278 for thurs the 24th
Finish the novel for after the break.

Welcome back!

Soon we'll be moving on to Pride & Prejudice!  But first, our in-class essay on Wednesday.  You may bring notes...

Finishing up Fences

So, you're finishing the play for tomorrow.  Some questions to think about:  how does Troy's character develop from beginning to end?  Where is this play taking us, particularly with regard to messages about father-son relationships and family in general?  What kind of resolution does Wilson give us at the end?

Sonnet responses!

What are your impressions of the sonnets?  After reading the entire packet, what is your sense of the form and its adaptability to different themes?  Are there any particular sonnets that appeal to you more than others?

Look on my works, ye mighty...

Can you think of other examples of situational and cosmic irony that we have encountered in the works we've read?

The choir of a church...

can be seen in this plan.  When we discussed Shakespeare's Sonnet 73, we saw that the leafless tree boughs and "bare ruined choirs" function as images of aging.  The speaker appears to be in the late autumn of his life, while the beloved friend he addresses is younger.

We'll pursue our reading of this sonnet, along with others, in the coming days, and also move into our in-class reading of Fences.

Question:  What is the speaker's message to his younger friend in Sonnet 73?  What do you think of the other sonnets in your packet?  Post some preliminary thoughts on the blog!

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a restful, wonderful break!  Now it's back to work, with interesting things in store for us.  We will be finishing with The Metamorphosis this week, so here's a question for you to think (and blog) about:  in what ways can the novella be read as a commentary on work and bourgeois values?  Hmmm...