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Week
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Date
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Objectives
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Contents
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Evaluation
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1
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May 5th -10th
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To understand poetry and its relation to other arts
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Understanding poetry
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Diagnostic Test
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2
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May 12th – 17th
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To analyze voice and word choice in poetry
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· Voice
· Word
choice
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3
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May 19th – 24th
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To find imagery and sound in poems
To apply the mythic approach in analysis
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Imagery
Sound
Mythic approaches
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4
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May 26th – 31st
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To understand the short story form
To recognize setting and point of view in short
stories
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· Understanding
fiction
· The
short story
Setting
Point of view
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QUIZ 1 (10%)
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5
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June 2nd – 7th
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To recognize plot and character
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Plot
Character
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6
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June 9th – 14th
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To analyze the genre of the novel
To apply feminist criticism
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The novel
Feminist approaches
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First essay (10%)
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7
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June 16th – 21st
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MID TERM
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(25%)
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8
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June 23rd – 28th
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To in-deep analyze the novel
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The Ballad of the Sad Café
Understanding drama
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9
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June 30th – July 5th
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RECESS
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10
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July 7th – July 12th
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To analyze plays for character and staging
To apply new historicism in analysis
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· Character
· Staging
New Historicism
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11
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July 14th – 19th
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To apply cultural studies theory to literature
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Cultural studies
A Streetcar named Desire
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Quiz 2 (10%)
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12
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July 21st – 26th
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To get acquainted with literary translation
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Literature and
translation
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13
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July 28 – Aug 2nd
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To apply reader-response approaches to analysis
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Reader-response approaches
Self-assessment
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Second essay (10%)
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14
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Aug 11th - 16th
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Final exam
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35%
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Friday, May 9, 2014
Chronogram II - 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Week 11
For this week:
So, this week we have to deal with cultural studies. Imagine our Intercultural Communication classes....now apply that to liteterature. Basically, cultural criticism aims to bring the attention to how culture shapes not only the way we understand literature, but also the way authors expose cultural aspects in a work of fiction.
"In critiquing the traditional canon, cultural critics avoid privileging one cultural product over another and often examine texts that are largely seen as marginal and unimportant in traditional criticism, such as those connected to various forms of pop culture. Essentially cross-disciplinary, cultural criticism and cultural studies have become important tools in theorizing the emergence and importance of postcolonial and multicultural literatures."
"In critiquing the traditional canon, cultural critics avoid privileging one cultural product over another and often examine texts that are largely seen as marginal and unimportant in traditional criticism, such as those connected to various forms of pop culture. Essentially cross-disciplinary, cultural criticism and cultural studies have become important tools in theorizing the emergence and importance of postcolonial and multicultural literatures."
2. Como up with to questions or topics related to culture that could be analysed in The House of Mango Street. Post here on FB.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Infor for quiz
For the quiz. Below you find links to the original poem Follower by Seamus Heaney and a Spanish translation. In a well-developed paragraph, analyze the translation. Does it capture the mood? Are there words you would use differently? Who do you think is the audience for this translation (I mean, is it for a specific geographical location). You can analyze any aspect of the translation you want. You should have at least 10 full sentences in your analysis.
http://losporquesdelarosa.blogspot.com/2011/03/traduccion-de-follower-de-seamus-heaney.html
http://losporquesdelarosa.blogspot.com/2011/03/traduccion-de-follower-de-seamus-heaney.html
Deadline: April 1. Send to email.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Week 10
1. Read:
2. Translate Jamaica Kincaid’s story Girl.
Share with a partner and review each other’s translation. What differences did
you find? How can you improve your translations? (Word)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Week 9
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk5XazDvn_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edNuCk3bqvo
Notice the staging on both versions. Which one do you prefer? Why? (FB)
2. Read about New Historicism
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/09/
http://blogs.bcu.ac.uk/virtualtheorist/new-historicism/
Write a summary of the main ideas ofn new historicism and why it is relevant for the study of literarure. (Word)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk5XazDvn_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edNuCk3bqvo
Notice the staging on both versions. Which one do you prefer? Why? (FB)
2. Read about New Historicism
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/09/
http://blogs.bcu.ac.uk/virtualtheorist/new-historicism/
Write a summary of the main ideas ofn new historicism and why it is relevant for the study of literarure. (Word)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Midterm
It's already that time of year: Midterms! So, for this one, you have to write an analysis of the story The Ring by Isak Dinesen (by the way, she is a woman). I want you to write a 5 paragraph essay with quotations both from the story and from outside sources. Use APA format. Work on a good thesis statement and appropriate topic sentences for each paragraph. I want you to work really hard on writing an almost perfect essay. That it's why it is only a 5 paragraph one. The story can be found below. You have to send the essay as a word document to my email. Good luck!
http://www.readfirst.net/ring.html
Grading rubric:
http://www.readfirst.net/ring.html
Grading rubric:
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Thesis
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My thesis is a thoughtful and clear
argument, which makes a unique claim about the novel.
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Acknowledges a counterclaim
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My thesis is a thoughtful argument that
makes an interesting claim about the novel.
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My thesis is an argument that may be
unoriginal, or too simple.
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My thesis is not an argument or it is not
related to my novel.
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Structure of Essay
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My introduction clearly includes a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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My body paragraphs each have a main
idea/topic sentence
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My conclusion clearly summarizes my
argument and makes a link/connection to other texts or ideas.
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My introduction mostly includes a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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Most of my body paragraphs have a main
idea/topic sentence.
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My conclusion summarizes my argument and
tries to make a link/ connection to other texts or ideas.
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My introduction may include a short
summary, my theories and my thesis, but not all of them.
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Some body paragraphs have a main idea/topic
sentence.
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My conclusion almost summarizes my
argument, though it fails to make a connection or there are “loose ends.”
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My introduction may not include a short
summary, my theories and my thesis.
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Few or none of my body paragraphs have a
main idea/topic sentence.
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My conclusion does not summarize my
argument or brings up new ideas without explanation.
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Evidence
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Each paragraph clearly supports my thesis.
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My body paragraphs each have 2 or more
relevant examples/quotes to support my argument and an
analysis/interpretation of how they support it.
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Each paragraph seems to support my thesis.
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Most of my body paragraphs include 2
relevant examples/quotes to support my argument and an explanation of how
they support it.
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Each paragraph may support my thesis,
though not clearly.
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My body paragraphs include fewer than 2 examples or quotes to
support my argument or they do not explain how the evidence supports it.
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My paragraphs do not support my thesis.
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My body paragraphs do not clearly include evidence
or the evidence is not relevant to the thesis.
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Overall Cohesion
& Thoughtfulness
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Overall, my essay clearly communicates my
thinking about the text and why the issues raised are important.
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My essay shows insight into why those
examples chosen are significant.
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My whole essay flows smoothly with
transitions between thoughts.
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Overall, my essay communicates my thinking
about the text and why the issues raised are important.
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My essay shows why those examples chosen
are significant.
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My essay flows well with transitions
between paragraphs.
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My essay attempts to communicate my
thinking about the text but fails to address why the issues raised are
important.
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My essay attempts to show why those
examples chosen are significant.
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My essay is choppy. The sections feel
separate and do not flow well.
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My essay does not demonstrate my thinking
about issues in the text.
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My examples are mainly re-tellings of parts
of the story
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My essay is choppy. The sections feel
separate and do not flow.
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Grammar and
Editing
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My final draft had less than 3 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I kept my tense consistent throughout the
essay.
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Used MLA citation format for quotes.
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My final draft had between 3 to 6 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I kept my tense mostly consistent
throughout the essay.
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Used some aspect of MLA citation for
quotes.
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My final draft had more than 6 errors in
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I had some errors in tense consistency.
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Used one aspect of MLA citations for
quotes.
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My final draft had many more than 6 errors
in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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I had many errors in tense consistency.
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Didn’t use MLA citation for quotes.
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