Read through Part I Chapter XX of Don Quixote.
Also, be prepared for a discussion on the text of Macbeth as it compares to Polanski's movie and on the various tragic heroes so far studied.
Due Wednesday, November 18, 2009:
Type detailed and thoughtful answers to the Macbeth movie questionnaire and submit them electronically via e-mail to Ms. Kittelson no later than 7 AM.
Due Thursday, November 19, 2009:
Read through Part I Chapter XXIII of Don Quixote.
Due Monday, November 30, 2009:
Read through Part II Chapter XX of Don Quixote.
Due Tuesday, December 1, 2009:
Read through Part II Chapter XXII of Don Quixote.
Due Wednesday, December 2, 2009:
Read through Part II Chapter XXVII of Don Quixote.
Due Monday, December 7, 2009 7AM:
Finish reading Don Quixote and write an essay that compares and contrasts the text of Don Quixote to the movie version of The Motorcycle Diaries.
Be sure to consider in your analysis (not necessarily in your final essay) medium, form, genre, plot, the protagonist's quest, the foil, the MacGuffin and more.
Submit your essay to turnitin.com no later than 7 AM Monday morning.
Please also bring to class an MLA hard copy.
Due Monday, December 14, 2009:
Bring to class Moby Dick and Gulliver's Travels.
Additional upcoming titles include but are not limited to: Pride and Prejudice;The Importance of Being Earnest; No Exit; Waiting for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Due Tuesday, December 15, 2009:
Read through Chapter 13 of Moby Dick and complete one Dialectical Compass.
Read through Chapter 16 of Moby Dick and complete another Dialectical Compass.Feel free to use as a reference this online edition of The Bible.
Due Thursday, January 7, 2010:
Read the rest of Moby Dick, and complete seven dialectical compasses - one for each of the Seven Seas...
And write two submissions for the Nitrometer - one lengthy and one short.
Bring to class your compasses and e-mail to Ms. Kittelson by 7 AM on the 7th your Nitrometer submissions.
Due Friday, January 8, 2010:
Bring to class your "best" dialectical compass. Also be prepared for a Moby Dick timed write.
Due Monday, January 11, 2010:
Bring to class your copy of Gulliver's Travels.
Due Tuesday, January 12, 2010:
Read the forward/introduction and Chapters 1-3 of Gulliver's Travels.
Due Thursday, January 14, 2010:
Write an Ode to (or from) Gulliver. Either write a homostrophic ode consisting of three like stanzas with the rhyme scheme ABABCDECDE and all lines in iambic pentameter, or write a different type of ode based on research that you do.
Here are some helpful resources:
Definition of "Ode"
Short Bio of Horace
Explanation of Horatian Satire
Gulliver's Travels
"Ode to the Athenian Society" by Jonathan Swift
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
"Ode to Autumn" by John Keats
Remember that an ode is sincere and formal, NOT satirical, which should make this exercise tricky but fun.Well, not fun like a party fun, but fun like the thrill of achievement fun.
Read as much of Gulliver's Travels as you need to in order to have something significant to say.
Please bring the ode, typed, to class on Thursday.
Due Friday, January 15, 2010:
Revise your ode and read through Part I of Gulliver's Travels.
Due Tuesday, January 19, 2010:
Read through Part II Chapter 6 of GT.
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