Monday, February 25, 2019
The Role of Art
Read this piece on Brainpickings: The Great Naturalist John Burroughs on Art, the Courage to Defy Convention, and the Measure of a Visionary.
In reading this piece, decide if you agree with what he is saying or not. Explain what you believe is the role of art and the artist. Then once you have explained what the role of art is society, determine if Dostoevsky has achieved your expectation of the role of art in the novel Crime and Punishment.
Be sure to include textual evidence from both the novel and the Brainpicking’s piece to support your thinking. As you go through, feel free to read your peer’s responses. If you feel so inclined, post a comment to a response. Be respectful and thoughtful in your response.
Monday, February 18, 2019
Shame
Listen to this podcast by Tracy K. Smith. It is called The Slowdown. Each week she features new poems and talks for about five minutes. The poem I want you to examine is “In Memory of Shame.”
Look at what is being said about shame and how it is acquired and why it matters. Analyze the poem and then apply this idea of shame to a character in your choice book. Think about why they experience shame, who gave it to them, and how it has affected them.
You are looking at two-three full paragraphs for this post.
Look at what is being said about shame and how it is acquired and why it matters. Analyze the poem and then apply this idea of shame to a character in your choice book. Think about why they experience shame, who gave it to them, and how it has affected them.
You are looking at two-three full paragraphs for this post.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Choice Books—a connection
The things we read in this class are considered timeless in that they transcend a particular time and speak to what it means to be human. The character flaws, the themes, the philosophical ideas all can be examined across a wide variety of literary genres and mediums.
With that being said, it is important that as readers of not just texts, but readers of the world, we should be able to recognize when these timeless conversations are present and how new time periods try to enter that conversation.
For your first blog, I want you to look at your choice book and choose one aspect—characters flaws, themes, philosophical ideas—and look around your world to do a comparison. Choose one song, one film, one episode in a series, a poem, a video game, etc. and explain how you see the timelessness of your chosen text live and breathe within your chosen piece.
This should two-three paragraphs—please have textual evidence.
1. A description of the item you are analyzing in your choice book
2. A description of the item you are analyzing in the chosen medium or genre
3. This is where you connect them together and reveal what you notice that is the same, different,
and why it matters.
With that being said, it is important that as readers of not just texts, but readers of the world, we should be able to recognize when these timeless conversations are present and how new time periods try to enter that conversation.
For your first blog, I want you to look at your choice book and choose one aspect—characters flaws, themes, philosophical ideas—and look around your world to do a comparison. Choose one song, one film, one episode in a series, a poem, a video game, etc. and explain how you see the timelessness of your chosen text live and breathe within your chosen piece.
This should two-three paragraphs—please have textual evidence.
1. A description of the item you are analyzing in your choice book
2. A description of the item you are analyzing in the chosen medium or genre
3. This is where you connect them together and reveal what you notice that is the same, different,
and why it matters.
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