"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay/ To mould me man? Did I solicit thee/ From darkness to promote me?" -Paradise Lost
Essential Learnings
Human Condition Questions
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Reading ScheduleTues. 11/10, Intro./Letters, p.1-15
Fri. 11/13, C.1-4, p.1-41 Mon. 11/16, C.5-10, p.42-83 Wed. 11/18, C. 11-13, p.84-102 Fri. 11/20, C.14-16 p.103-123 Thanksgiving Break Mon. 11/30, C.17-24, p.124-198 For each reading due date I will check in to see the quality of your annotations.
Close Reading/Writing/ Research AssignmentsR.A.W.: Read, Annotate, Write for each chapter due date
Discussion Board Post/Reply 3x Background Research Formal discussions: Harkness #1 and #2 Literature Circle notes and participation Critical Essay |
Frankenstein Assignments
Background Research
- The Industrial Revolution (in particular, advances in science and medicine)
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Mary Shelley’s life/biography
- The Prometheus Myth (including its variations)
- The Romantic Period in Literature
- The Gothic Novel and its Place in the Evolution of Literary Time Periods
- Wollstonecraft (and the state of women’s rights during Mary Shelley and her mother’s lives)
- The Philosophical and Political Debate between Science and Religion during the 19th Century
General Handouts and Other Stuff
one_novel_literature_circles.doc | |
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frankenstein_background__1_.ppt | |
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how_to_annotate.docx | |
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