"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good." T.S. Eliot
Spring Break Reading & Writing Where we're going and why *Drama GRASPS Essay FIRST DRAFT due Friday, April 17th for Peer Review. *Final drafts will be due Friday, April 25th. In order to prepare for the Drama GRASPS Essay, please complete the following: A. Finish reading + annotating A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen (in the Bedford, the play begins on page 1727 and ends on page 1775) 1. Read "Modern Drama" (1722-6) + About A Doll House (1726-7) 2. Complete ALL Considerations for Critical Thinking and Writing #12 Critical Strategies requires you to read the section on new historicist criticism (2036-7) and consider:
3. Read Beyond Realism (1777-81) + A Critical Case Study of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House (1782-98) . This includes a sample student paper ***Scholar's Challenge: Compare/contrast this play with The Awakening. Consider Ibsen's play, Chopin's novel, the public's response to each work, the social values contemporary to both works, and our social values today. Consider the writer's purpose, the text itself, and the response to the text then and now. B. Read + annotate Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (see pp. 1840-1906 in the Bedford ) 1. In the Playwright's Words: (read + annotate both - see pp. 1906-9) a. "Tragedy and the Common Man," Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (excerpt) b. "On Biff and Willy Loman" (New York Times, February 5, 1950) C. GRASPS Pre-writing - Prepare at least two pages of pre-writing for Drama GRASPS Essay. This includes mind-mapping and outlining characters/conflict/theme/social values/literary criticism (applying lenses to both plays). Homework for Literary Scholars
(This is not an April Fool's Prank) A. Did you read "Interpreting Drama" in WEAL Writing Essays about Literature? Read + annotate by next class B. Read Act I of A Doll House in The Bedford (pp. 1726-46) + respond (See Considerations for Critical Thinking and Writing Questions 1, 3, 4 on p. 1775, also below) Q1. First Response: What is the significance of the play's title? Q3. What kind of wife does Helmer want Nora to be? He affectionately calls her names such as "lark" and "squirrel." What does this reveal about his attitude toward her? Q4. Why is Nora "pale with terror" at the end of Act I? What is the significance of the description of the Christmas tree now "stripped of ornament, [with] burned-down candle stubs on its ragged branches" that opens Act II? What other symbols are used in the play? C. Read + complete SPOTTTS analysis on a sonnet by Shakespeare (choose a sonnet) D. Read + annotate "Shakespearean Sonnet" (see pp. 981-2) & complete responses (See Considerations for Critical Thinking and Writing 1, 2, 3 + 4 [creative writing response] *If you wish to revise your previous GRASPS essay ["The end is...isnt it? Compare/Contrast Poetry Analysis], which I encourage you to do, you need to do so and submit no later than Thursday 11:59 PM Turnitin.com |
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