Please see the PowerPoint below from our last class. We will resume our analysis of Heart of Darkness and begin analysis of Achebe's Things Fall Apart when we meet next week.
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Please see the PowerPoint below from our last class. We will resume our analysis of Heart of Darkness and begin analysis of Achebe's Things Fall Apart when we meet next week.
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At least one of your posts needs to cite Heart of Darkness and critical essays (2 or more). Additional posts can be in the form of questions and/or comments that further our thinking. See you online! Homework
1. "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats SPOTTTS Analysis Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loos'd upon the world. [first stanza] 2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe: Read, annotate, and write at least 3 reader's responses in your Writer's Notebook 3. Argumentative analytic essay: 1st draft due Tuesday, 1/6 @ 8:00 a.m. + bring 3 hard copies with you to class for the peer review protocol Now that we have entered the darkest time of the year, our continued analysis of Conrad's Heart of Darkness is quite apropos. A text that is dense, complex, and confusing with its narrative layers and language and stream of consciousness style, Heart of Darkness "offers views that are multiple, ambiguous, ambivalent, conflicting, and perhaps even ultimately incoherent." (Hawkins 366) We need to consider multiple interpretations and theories of the text. Chinua Achebe declared that Conrad is "a bloody racist." While he never retracted his statement and indictment of Conrad's text, he later concluded that "Conrad saw and condemned the evil of imperial exploitation." (Hawkins 368) Paul B. Armstrong writes, "It is curious, to say the least, that the same text can be viewed as an exemplar both of epistemological evil and of virtue--as a model of the worst abuses and the most promising practices in representing other peoples and cultures." (Armstrong 430) While Winter Break is a time to rest, relax, hibernate, and rejuvenate, it is also a time to read. Read closely, think deeply, reread, and write. Happy Winter Solstice! Learning Objectives:
Due Friday: 1. Reflection of The Remains of the Day essay (typed, turnitin.com: see prompts) 2. Timed writing practice essay: set a timer for 40 minutes. Write for 35 minutes, and spend the last 5 minutes proofreading/editing your essay. Learning Objective: to examine and explain different critical perspectives of The Heart of Darkness and Joseph Conrad's writing Please see the article attached below that we read, annotated, discussed in class today. Due Monday: 1.Finish reading and annotating Heart of Darkness. 2.Develop at least 2 pages of pre-writing in your Writer's Notebook that considers different perspectives of Heart of Darkness, and presents a clear thesis that explains your position. Cite evidence from both today's article and Conrad's text in your response. *This pre-writing will prepare you for the Unit IV GRASPS. See the new unit homepage ("Context") for the GRASPS.
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