Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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**

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