Study Guide for Test Friday

I know we have covered a lot in the past couple of weeks so here's a quick outline to help everyone study for the test on Friday!

Ms. Snyder

 Modernism
- Surrealism

- Stream of Consciousness

- Cubism

Southern Gothic

-Prominent features

- The “grotesque”

As I Lay Dying

-Themes (Alienation and Loneliness, Death, Identity, Language, Love, Sanity)

-Character Traits/Symbols (The Bundren’s and the most prominent other characters). Along with any important aspects of the book that we  have discussed in class.

-Faulkner’s writing style

-Modernist and Gothic Traits in relation to the story and the characters

-Know how to spell Yoknapatawpha county

A Rose for Emily (Faulkner)

-Gothic elements

-Compare Faulkner’s writing style to As I Lay Dying

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T.S. Eliot)

-Themes (Alienation and Loneliness, Identity, Aging, Indecision)

-Dramatic Monologue, Stream of Consciousness

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (Hemingway)

-Themes (Loneliness, aging, identity)

-Writing Style (Shift from dialogue to monologue)

**See handout**

A Good Man is Hard To Find (O'Connor)
**See handout**

Eliot, O'Connor and Hemingway

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century.[3] The poem that made his name, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock—started in 1910 and published in Chicago in 1915—is regarded as a masterpiece of the modernist movement, and was followed by some of the best-known poems in the English language, including Gerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1945). He is also known for his seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.


Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Harvard, Eliot studied philosophy at the Sorbonne for a year, then won a scholarship to Oxford in 1914, becoming a British citizen when he was 39. "[M]y poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished contemporaries in America than with anything written in my generation in England," he said of his nationality and its role in his work. "It wouldn't be what it is, and I imagine it wouldn't be so good ... if I'd been born in England, and it wouldn't be what it is if I'd stayed in America. It's a combination of things. But in its sources, in its emotional springs, it comes from America." Eliot completely renounced his citizenship to the United States and said: "My mind may be American but my heart is British".

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters. O'Connor's writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics.

Regarding her emphasis of the grotesque, O'Connor said: "anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic."[6] Her texts usually take place in the South and revolve around morally flawed characters, while the issue of race often appears in the background. One of her trademarks is foreshadowing, giving a reader an idea of what will happen far before it happens. Most of her works feature disturbing elements, though she did not like to be characterized as cynical. "I am tired of reading reviews that call A Good Man brutal and sarcastic," she writes. "The stories are hard but they are hard because there is nothing harder or less sentimental than Christian realism... when I see these stories described as horror stories I am always amused because the reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror."
Her two novels were Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960). She also published two books of short stories: A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything That Rises Must Converge (published posthumously in 1965).The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, named in honor of O'Connor by the University of Georgia Press, is a prize given annually to an outstanding collection of short stories. O'Connor was the first fiction writer born in the twentieth century to have her works collected and published by the Library of America




 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)


Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and public image. He produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's fiction was successful because the characters he presented exhibited authenticity that resonated with his audience. Many of his works are classics of American literature. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously.
Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I, which became the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. He was seriously wounded and returned home within the year. In 1922 Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was written in 1924.

After divorcing Hadley Richardson in 1927 Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced following Hemingway's return from covering the Spanish Civil War, after which he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940, but he left her for Mary Welsh Hemingway after World War II, during which he was present at D-Day and the liberation of Paris.
Shortly after the publication of The Old Man and the Sea in 1952 Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway had permanent residences in Key West, Florida, and Cuba during the 1930s and '40s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961.


Source: Wikipedia

TENTATIVE reading schedule for the week of 11/28/10

Hey Everyone!
I'm excited to see the rest of the presentations this week. I'm hoping to get done with presentations on Monday but if we have to go into Tuesday that is fine. However we can't ignore the reading we need to get done for this unit. The marking period is over this Friday so we need to try to finish everything up! Here is a TENTATIVE reading schedule for this week. Please keep in mind that there's an excellent chance it may change. I will re-post the assignments if I have to move a few things around so everyone stays updated. This Friday is your final test on As I Lay Dying and the other Modernist writers so please start reviewing!

Monday:
PRESENTATIONS
HW: Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Tuesday:POSSIBLE PRESENTATIONS
HW: Read T.S. Eliots The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway

Wednesday
HW: Read A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor

Thursday
HW: TBA

Friday
FINAL TEST

Please do not get stressed out on the readings for this week. It may look like a lot but the readings are all short stories or poems. It will be a breeze compared to As I Lay Dying!

Thanks,
Ms. Snyder

Contact Info

Hey everyone!
The presentations have been great so far! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else present. I will be working on putting the grades together for the group presentations over Thanksgiving Break. If you would like to know your grade for the presentations I will e-mail it to you. Just post your e-mail address as a comment to this blog. If your Login ID is something that I won't know who it is, please put your name with your e-mail address so I give everyone the correct grades.

You do not have any homework during the break. I'm assuming that we will not get through all of the presentations in class today so we will have to finish them on the Monday we get back. Take this time to relax and have a few days off!

Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Ms. Snyder

Monday Presentations

I hope everyone had a great weekend. We have presentations the next two days so please come prepared to class! If you have any questions please let me know. Here's a reminder of the line-up for Monday:

1. Vardaman (Gaelynn, Sam, Michelle, Danielle, Valerie)


2. All Other Characters (Chastity, Alex, Aubry, Tatiana)

3. Darl (Darnell, Zach B., Leah, Emma)

4. Cash (Brianna, Kennethea, Whitney, Shayla)

If possible, would the groups be able to e-mail me the power point or prezi for the presentations so I am able have electronic files of them? Also any other resources the groups used (handouts, etc). The groups can e-mail me at NatashaKSnyder@gmail.com

Thanks!
Ms. Snyder

Presentation Line-up

Monday 11/22

1. Vardaman (Gaelynn, Sam, Michelle, Danielle, Valerie)
2. All Other Characters (Chastity, Alex, Aubry, Tatiana)
3. Darl (Darnell, Zach B., Leah, Emma)
4. Cash (Brianna, Kennethea, Whitney, Shayla)

Tuesday 11/23
1. Dewey Dell (Aireanna, Maggie, Nadia, Erin, Emma D)
2. Jewel  (Sarah, Kiera, Rosie, Michael)
3. Anse (Thomas, Zach, Khari, Bolan)

Every Group should hand me the following on the day of their presentation: Each person should have completed a rubric. Each group needs to hand in one handout on your character and one 2-3 page write up, A CD (if your group chose to do a playlist)

For the groups that chose to do a character playlist: You need to choose a minimum of 5 songs that relate to your character. Print out the lyrics to ONE of the songs and attach it to your write-up. Your write-up should be an analysis of the song and how it relates to your character. Use specific examples from the text and the lyrics in your analysis. Also, burn the playlist onto a CD. I will provide CD's for groups that need them.

ALL OTHER GROUPS: Provide a 2-3 write-up on why you chose the type of presentation your doing and how it relates to your character, the books themes etc.

If you have any questions you can e-mail me at: NatashaKSnyder@ gmail.com or call/text at 414-4844

Thanks and Good Luck!
Ms. Snyder

Literary Terms for Quiz Friday

Remember that the quiz will also include week 4 spelling and vocabulary.

Syntax

Theme

Thesis

Tone

Transition

Understatement

Wit

11/15-11/19 Reading Schedule

Here is a TENTATIVE reading schedule for this week:

Monday: HW: NONE! Take this time to work on your presentations

Tuesday: We will have the rest of the Wallwisher presentations.  HW: Read pages 177-211

Wednesday:  Group Work. HW: Read pages 212-261

Thursday: We will hopefully have time in the library to work on presentations. HW: TBA

Friday: Vocab Quiz. HW:TBA

Thanks,
Ms. Snyder

Presentation Handout

A few of the groups had questions about the presentation handout that needs to be completed for the character tracking presentations. Here's some clarification:

Guidelines for Presentation Handout
Each handout should highlight the main points of your group’s presentation. Refer back to the list of guiding questions I provided for you in Part One of the presentation handout. Some other things to consider: possibly providing key quotes of your character or key quotes that reveal something about your character.
The handout only has to be one page long. You can email me your finished handout as an attachment or print out a hard copy. The handouts are meant to be a study guide for the test.

Here is my email address: NatashaKSnyder@gmail.com  Feel free to email me with any questions about the presentations!

Thanks,
Ms. Snyder

As I Lay Dying Groups

DO NOT FORGET WE ARE MEETING IN MS. GAMZON'S ROOM (239) ON FRIDAY

Here are the character tracking groups for As I Lay Dying

Darl
1. Darnell
2. Zach B
3. Leah
4. Emma M.

Dewey Dell
1. Aireanna
2. Maggie
3. Nadia
4. Erin
5. Emma D.

Anse
1. Thomas
2. Zach G.
3. Khari
4. Bolan

Jewel
1. Sarah
2. Kiera
3. Rosalind
4. Michael

Vardaman
1. Gaelynn
2. Sam
3. Michelle
4. Danielle
5. Valerie

Cash
1. Brianna
2. Kennethea
3. Whitney
4. Shayla

All other characters
1. Chastity
2. Alex
3.Aubrey
4. Tatiana

Class 11/09/10

 Hello Everyone!
Today we will be having a class discussion on As I Lay Dying. I will help facilitate discussion by providing discussion questions to about five group leaders. These are just guiding questions. I want to make sure everyone has time to share their initial reactions of the book and answer any questions if there are any. I also wanted to let everyone know that there will be a supervisor in class today to observe me.

 Remember to keep up on the tentative reading schedule I made. So be sure to read pages 35-66 for next class.

 As promised, here is the list of vocabulary words for Friday's test:

sarcasm
satire
semantics
style
subject complement
subordinate clause
syllogism
symbol/symbolism
synecdoche
synesthesia

Do not forget that you have to still study the SAT Vocabulary- Group 3

~Ms. Snyder~

William Faulkner Bio

Biography of William Faulkner (1897-1962)


William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, and began to write poetry as a teenager. He was an indifferent student, and dropped out of high school when he was fifteen. During World War I, he joined the Canadian Royal Flying Corps - he was too short to join the U.S. Air Force - but never fought; the day he graduated from the Flying Corps, the Armistice was signed. The only "war injury" he received was the result of getting drunk and partying too hard on Armistice Day.

After the war, Faulkner came back to Oxford, enrolled as a special student at the University of Mississippi, and began to write for the school papers and magazines, quickly earning a reputation as an eccentric. His strange routines, swanky dressing habits, and inability to hold down a job earned him the nickname "Count Nocount." He became postmaster of the University in 1921, but resigned three years later, after the postal inspector finally noticed how much time Faulkner spent writing (and ignoring customers). In 1924 his first book of poetry, The Marble Faun, was published, but it was critically panned and had few buyers.

Faulkner wrote four more novels between 1926 and 1931: Mosquitoes (1927), Sartoris (1929), The Sound and the Fury (1929), and As I Lay Dying (1930), but none of them sold well, and he earned little money during this period. Sartoris, also known as Flags in the Dust, was Faulkner's first book set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. The difficulty Faulkner faced getting Flags in the Dust published led him to give up on the publishing process in general, and he decided to write only for himself. The result of this was The Sound and the Fury, the first of Faulkner's truly classic novels. The Sound and the Fury was published to good critical reception, although it still sold very few copies.

Faulkner wrote his next novel, As I Lay Dying, while working the night shift at a powerhouse. With this novel's publication, Faulkner was finally, if still falteringly, a writer on the literary scene. However, Faulkner still did not have any financial success until he published Sanctuary in 1931.

In 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and, in typical Faulkner fashion, he sent his friends into a frenzy by stating that he would not attend the ceremony (although he eventually did go). This award effectively turned his career around, bringing him the economic success that had so long eluded him. However, most critics find the works he wrote after winning the prize largely disappointing, especially compared to his earlier, mythical works.

In the latter part of the 1950s, Faulkner spent some time away from Oxford, including spending a year as a writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia. He returned to Oxford in June of 1962 and died of a heart attack on the morning of July 6 of that year

Class- Monday 11/8

Hey Everyone!
I just wanted to post something up so you guys got used to seeing me on here. For Monday's class we are going down to the library to get your next book, As I Lay Dying. You are going to be breaking up into six groups for character tracking. A sign-up sheet will be going around tomorrow. Once the groups have been assigned I will make sure to post the list on the blog incase anyone forgets. I have a few different handouts for everyone to get yourselves organized for your groups. We are also going to be reading and discussing Faulkner's Nobel Prize Speech in class once we get the books. I also posted the video of him reading it on the blog. If we have any extra time in class we will start reading.

I understand that everyone has stuff going on with school and outside of school so I created a tentative reading schedule to allow yourselves to organize your homework and reading better. This way incase you aren't sure of the homework it will be posted and if you want to read ahead then it will make it easier for you to plan your reading and assignments better. Remember this is just TENTATIVE but I believe we will be right on schedule.

Monday 11/8/10:


• Read Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Speech

• Pick character tracking groups

• Begin Reading As I Lay Dying

HW: Read pages 1-34

Tuesday 11/9/10

• Full class discussion led by group leaders

HW: Read pages 35-66

Wednesday 11/10/10
HW: Read pages 67-119

Thursday 11/11/10

NO SCHOOL

Friday 11/12/10

• Vocab Quiz

• Time in class to work in Prezi groups

HW: Read pages 120-168

Thanks and I look forward to working with everyone the next four weeks!
Ms. Snyder

Intro to Modernism

Wednesday's class we will be beginning to learn about modernism. Just a F.Y.I. there will be a supervisor in class to observe my lesson.  I will provide a handout for everyone in class describing modernism. There will also be a power point with extra key ideas. I'll list them here as well just so everyone has them. I will also be providing examples of artwork that were created during the Modernist era. Again, I will post the pictures here so everyone will be able to reference them and  to keep everyone updated for whoever may have missed class!
Thanks!,
Ms. Snyder

Key Ideas to remember about Modernism:

*An emphasis on impressionism and subjectivity in writing. HOW instead of WHAT

*A Movement away from objectivity provided by third-person narrators, fixed narrative POV’s, and clear-cut moral positions (ex. Faulkner)
*Blurring distinctions of genres, so poetry seems more documentary (ex. Eliot)
*Emphasis on fragmented forms and discontinuous narratives
*A tendency toward reflexivity, or self-consciousness, about artwork
*Modernists champion the individual and celebrate inner strength

*Modernists believe life is unordered
*Modernists concern themselves with the sub-conscious

Here are examples of artwork from the Modernist Era

Surrealism

VanGough

Picasso- Cubism

Modernist Architecture