Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition 2012-13 Syllabus/Brandt INTRODUCTION: An AP English course in Literature and Composition engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts‚ students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read‚ students consider a work’s structure‚ style‚ and themes as well as such smaller-scale
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I‚ like many other people‚ have been more than a little dismayed when I have read poems or other literary works that I did not have the slightest notion as to what it actually meant. Even without a concrete understanding of the work’s meaning‚ I could still gain some knowledge as to the overall idea or purpose of the work just from an initial reading. Literature has the capacity to communicate before it is understood‚ as it is certainly possible for a work to convey emotion and feeling without the
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New Criticism vs. Reader-Response A piece of work can be evaluated in plenty of ways. Critique methods such as Reader-Response‚ Deconstructive Criticism‚ New Criticism‚ and many others act as examples of literary evaluations. All of the critique methods share similarities‚ but differ in other ways. Reader-Response and New Criticism‚ for example‚ share characteristics but they are also two very opposing things. Reader-Response focuses on attention towards the text influenced by the reader’s thoughts
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Fly Away Peter In what ways does David Malouf use interesting literary techniques in Fly Away Peter to explore ideas and themes? “Two little dickie birds‚ Sitting on a wall; One named Peter‚ One named Paul. Fly away Peter! Fly away Paul! Come Back Peter! Come Back Paul!” Traditional Throughout ‘Fly Away Peter’ Malouf utilises a variety of literary techniques such as contrast‚ Imagery‚ Symbolism and foreshadowing to portray ideas and themes. The title ‘Fly Away Peter’ makes reference
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of literary study and analysis. Students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of poetry‚ drama‚ and fiction; basic literary terminology; and strategies for analyzing texts based on close reading. Students will also practice writing short literary analysis. Course Objectives • Develop your basic understanding on what literature and its genre are. • Develop your ability to respond to literary texts in class discussion • Develop and articulate your own ideas about literary themes
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our understanding of literary creativity and its different forms? And how far does considering the processes involved in reading and authoring literary texts help to illuminate these issues? This section of the course explores the idea that more ephemeral texts make creative use of a shared literary and cultural heritage. It also explores social and ideological issues‚ and the influence of historical processes and different cultural contexts on what counts as literary language and how this
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Alter‚ presents us with an introduction to a literary approach to the Bible. Specifically‚ he treats the prose of the Bible as highly sophisticated fictional narrative for the purposes of literary and analysis‚ countering notions that the often bewildering features encountered in it are a result of primitive writing technique or confused synthesis of varied sources. After opening with an introductory example and a survey of the current state of the literary study of the Bible (as of 31 years ago at
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structurally different are two literary pieces where a rich story is embedded. Readers are drawn towards these scripts by means of rhythm (poem)‚ characterization‚ or a fictional setting in their respective narratives. However‚ the mere script would not make it entertaining enough. It would depend on the imagination of the readers as they are reading the literary script. Every reader has their own way of visualizing the descriptions and symbolism used by the author. The two literary pieces‚ “The Road Not
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To Kill a Mockingbird and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest use literary techniques to explore the concepts of isolation? Isolation and courage in the form of racism and discrimination is an analogous concept explored in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and Ken Kesey’s novel One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. The authors exemplify the conflicts of isolation displayed by the protagonists and glorifies a broad range of literary techniques to foreshadow the ideas contrasted within the novels
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Terry Eagleton What is Literature Doing a polemical study of contemporary literary theory‚ Eagleton introduces us in this world explaining what is actually fiction. a. Imaginative writing One definition is that literature is imaginative writing‚ based on its fictionality and do not engage in the literal truth. However‚ Eagleton rejects this theory‚ since the literature also includes nonfiction genres such as essay and autobiography. Distinguishing between fiction and fact‚ or truth and fantasy
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