WORLD LITERATUREJANUARY 16th

No warm-up. Instead, let’s continue your notes!

REMINDERS Bring Hamlet , Shakespeare notes,

worksheets, etc. forever. Period 5: Turn in warm-ups after class on

stool.

STANDARDS

Reading 3.1: Analyze characteristics of subgenres that are used in poetry, prose, plays, etc.

NOTESGet out your notes and let’s continue

our preparation for reading Hamlet.

NOTESB. Literary terms and techniques:

1. soliloquya. example: “To be or not to be;

that is the question…” (Hamlet)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBVmiVkzTM

2. aside= a. example: The movie Ferris

Bueller’s Day Off uses the aside quite often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNa8QyAl2YE

NOTES2. pun= a

a. Example “son/sun”: If a mother were to write a poem and say “you are my son who brings light to my life”, she could also mean “sun”, thus helping the readers to understand

how the speaker views his/her “son”—as the center and the light of her world.b. Example: “Brake/break” One

advertisement on the back of British busses reads “thanks for the brake” (which can also be read as “break”

from walking or driving.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=SRBMPvOk_oU&feature=related

NOTES3. figurative language=

a. metaphor= i. example: “You are my

sunshine”

NOTES4. allusions=

a. example: “My friend and I had a fight; now I’m waiting for a dove to bring good news that the waters are calm.”

b.example: “Many men view her as the Helen of Troy of our times.”

c. example: “My best friend turned into Lucifer when she stole my boyfriend from me.”

NOTES5. imagery=

a. example: “I looked up/ Toward the crest and saw its shoulders already/ Mantled in rays of that bright planet...” (Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1)

NOTES 6. character

a. tragic heroi. Oedipus the King

b. static character= i. example: Virgil in Dante’s

Infernoii. example: Donkey in Shrek

c. dynamic character= i. example:

Dante in Dante’s Infernoii. example: Fiona in

Shrek

NOTES7. conflict= the main problem that exists for the main character(s) in a work of literature

a. Man v. Mani. example: In Ramayana, Rama is

upset with Ravana because Ravana kidnapped his wife.

b. man v. self: i. example: After hearing several

times that he must not be unreasonable,

Oedipus from Oedipus the King started

questioning whether it was right for him to

banish Tiresias.

HAMLET PARTSNow, let’s pick parts for Hamlet!!!

Before picking parts, be aware of the following:

1. If everyone willingly participates in reading Hamlet with enthusiasm and drama, we may skip reading the last act and instead watch the movie.

2. I’ll volunteer to play Hamlet (even experienced readers tire with this part).

HOMEWORKMake sure you have read and taken notes on the “Shakespeare’s Life” handout and take notes (2-3 bullet

points) on each paragraph.