Please, move beyond the threads and allow yourself – through effort, focus,
and reflection - to start seeing the emerging picture.
This is homework for Wednesday 7/27, as requested in class.
Once we have read and/or discussed an element in class from The Bedford,
that is your signal to read and reflect enough to know not only the definition, but also
know how it operates in the literature. This is inextricably linked to theme. This is an
example of what you should not only read, but know. How can anyone discuss the
significance of setting without knowing and understanding what you see on this paper,
which directs reflects the beginning of chapter 5?
AP: setting, chapter 5
What are the elements of setting?
Meyers suggests that we need to be sensitive to the contexts provided by setting.
Why? See text
According to Meyer, if we read a text impatiently….
What can setting evoke? What do those elements mean? For example, is there a
difference between mood and atmosphere? Is tone the same thing?
Why do writers choose certain details in a work?
What do we as readers need to do with these details? Why would you need to reckon
with the word connections in this regard?
What does social context mean to you?
“…relevant to the overall purpose of the story…” (Meyer 168) Find this paragraph and
paraphrase what it says about time, location, and physical features.
As a member of the AP learning community, what does purpose of the story suggest?
That is, what is the literary term for purpose of the story?
Why is alienation a theme in modern and post modern literature? That includes
poetry, novels, short stories, etc. I have mentioned this in class several times.
RESEARCH: 1) Find a literary definition of Modernism. TAKE
NOTES. Make sure you sue a literary definition.
2) From a legitimate philosophy source, not Wilkiepedia, look up
existentialism and nihilism. TAKE NOTES on both.
As we encounter Grendel, every Apsters should be process these questions…setting
matters. An example of this came into my mind as I am typing. Last year, a girl told
me she had taken an AP class and they watched movies from the AP suggested reading
list. Location, time, social environment or context…
Now, look at page 169, paragraph 3.