Personal Poetry Anthology Directions.

AP English Literature and Composition

Personal Poetry Anthology
1. Email me your theme.
2. Bring typed copies of seven of the fifteen poems to class on ____________________

3. Bring a draft of one of your own poems to class on ____________________
4. Bring a draft of the introduction to class on ____________________
5. Completed project is due ___________________

Theme: ___________________________________

For this assignment, you will prepare a poetry anthology. For our purposes, poetry will include song lyrics. The anthology will be unified by a common theme, and must consist of the following minimal requirements:

Criteria                                                                                                    Title of Poem (Author of Poem)

1. A late sixteenth or seventeenth                        à

century poem (Elizabethan,

Metaphysical, Cavalier)

2.  A nineteenth century poem                             à

(Romantic, Gothic, Victorian)

3.  A twentieth century poem                               à

(modern or post-modern)

4. A twenty-first century poem                             à

(post-modern)

5. Lyrics to song                                                     à

6. A sonnet (or poem written in                          à

another traditional form: sestina,

terza rima, rondeau, villanelle, etc.)

7. A poem translated                                             à

from another language

8. A poem that you have written                                à

containing an allusion

9. A poem that you have written                                à

using a traditional or invented form

10. A poem that you have written                              à

that is a strict, loose, or homophonic translation

11. A poem that you have written                              à

in any form

12. Free choice                                                        à

13. “ “                                                                     à

14. “ “                                                                     à

15. “ “                                                                     à

You must include

a. A title page with MLA information (See Compass page ___.)

b. A dedication and epigraph page

c. An introduction (500-1000 words introducing the theme, briefly explaining the relationship between the poems and the theme, and reflecting upon the theme) or a shorter introduction (300 words) with annotations of each poem.**

d. A table of contents with titles, authors, and the criteria fulfilled by each poem

e. A minimum of fifteen (15) separate poems/songs. (See requirements above.)

f. A Works Cited page, including discography (MLA format See Compass page _____)

You may include:

a. More of your own poems, more translations, more poems in any category

b. Illustrations and/or photograph (Art taken from other sources much be cited)

c. More than one song lyric

d. A mixed-CD/mixed-tape with the song(s) and poems

Description of Independent Reading Project.

Independent Reading Project

Below are the options we will discuss for your independent reading project for the third and fourth quarters.  Soon I will ask you to post a comment below telling us (1) what option you have picked (the options are explained below), (2) what you plan to read to get some background on your option (if it's a website post the URL; make sure it's a scholarly source), and (3) what novel, play, or other lengthy work (for example, a collection of stories or poems) of literary merit you plan to read and respond to before the end of term two.

Some preliminary research on your part is necessary. Wikipedia is a useful tool for preliminary research (though you should not rely on Wikipedia research in scholarly writing).

Option 1: Bildungsroman. You might continue your study of the Bildungsroman genre (1) by consulting several sources -- starting with this one -- to learn more about Bildungsromans and (2) by reading a couple bildungsromans in addition to the one's you've already studied.

Option 2: Ur*-Narratives (Sacred Texts, Myths, Fairy Tales). You might continue your study of how writers, poets, and other artists use older, archetypal stories -- Bible stories, Greek myths, German fairy tales, etc. -- to create new stories, films, poems, paintings, etc. (We've already studied how Joyce, several painters, and several poets have made use of the Daedalus-Icarus myth.) You will (1) investigate an ur-narrative (a myth, a fairy tale, etc.) and (2) explore how several writers (and perhaps filmmakers, poets, and visual artists) have made use of the original story. (You might modify the assignment to look at how a couple different myths/tales are used.)
*"Ur" is Germanic in origin. In English it is sometimes used as a prefix meaning "original" or "prototypical".

Here are a few books that are based on myths, sacred texts, or folk tales:
* Here's a link to a list of books based on Greek mythology.
* William Butler Yeats wrote several plays based on Celtic mythology and tales.
* Anne Sexton wrote Transformations, a book of narrative poems based on German fairy tales.
* John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden include many Biblical allusions. Grapes of Wrath allusions include The Book of Job, the story of Noah and the flood in Genesis, and the story of the Hebrews and the Promised Land (Numbers, etc.) East of Eden is built around the Cain and Abel story in Genesis.

Option 3: Author Study. You might continue your investigation of one of the authors we have studied so far this year: Calvino, Ellison, Rhys, Bronte, Joyce. Or you might want to study another major author. Your study will include an investigation of (1) the author's life and cultural context and (2) her/his literary output beyond what you have already read.

Option 4: Literary Movement. You might continue your investigation of a literary movement that we have touched upon this year: Romanticism, Gothicism, Victorianism, Modernism. Or you might want to study another literary movement. Your study will include an investigation of (1) the -ism and (2) representative literary works from the movement.

Option 5: Literature of a Culture. You might continue your investigation of the literature produced by a particular culture. The works we have read so far this year have come out of several cultural contexts: Italian, African-American, Anglo-Caribbean, English, Irish. Or you might to want to study the literature of another culture. You will (1) investigate the literature produced by the particular culture and (2) read representative literary works from the culture.

Option 6: Critical Lens. You might study literature using a particular critical lens:gender studies, critical race theory, queer theory, Marxist literary criticism,psychoanalytic (Freudian) literary criticism, archetypal literary criticism,ecocriticism, deconstruction, etc. (Click here for Wikipedia's "literary theory" page for more ideas.) You will (1) investigate the critical theory and (2) read literary works "through the lens" of the critical theory.

Option 7: Something else that you concoct and propose. This something else should have a research component and a literary component.

Portrait of the Artist Parts 1 & 2

In the comment box below, please identify a passage in A Portrait parts 1& 2 and use your skills at explication to read deeply into what is going on in the passage.  What motifs do you notice?  Words?  Themes and complexities that are being explored?  What is the tone like compared to the rest of the novel?  Treat the passage as a classic Question 2.

Literary Terms for Midterm

Midyear Exam Literary Terms

Midyear Exam Literary Vocabulary

Sonnets & Poetry (21)

English (Shakespearean) Sonnet, Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Iamb, Rhyme Scheme, Volta, Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Stanza, Octet, Sestet, Quatrain, Couplet, Enjambment, End rhyme, Full rhyme, Near/Off/Half/Slant Rhyme, Sonnet Sequence/Sonnet Cycle/Corona/Crown of Sonnets, Blank Verse

Other Types of Poems (5)

free verse, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, ballads

Other Poetic Techniques (3)

anaphora, epistrophe, inversion

Figurative Language (16)

figurative language, simile, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, apostrophe, conceit, hyperbole, pun, double entendre, rhetorical question (=erotema), oxymoron, paradox, synesthesia, denotation, connotation

Irony (4)

irony, verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony

Narration (5)

narration, first person narration, third person limited narration, third person omniscient narration, stream of consciousness

Writing Style (9)

style, voice, diction, syntax, tone, mood, dialect, colloquialism, vernacular

Character (13)

characterization, direct characterization, indirect characterization, dynamic character, static character, round character, flat character, foil, protagonist, antagonist, tragic hero, antihero

Plot & Events (10)

Plot, exposition, inciting action, rising action, climax, denouement (resolution), flashback, foreshadowing, internal conflict, external conflict,

Other Literary Terms from First Semester (4)

motif, symbol, epigraph, epiphany

Icarus and Daedalus Images.

Hi Everyone:

Check your email (or a classmate's email) for the Icarus and Daedalus images and take a look at them.  Pick one that strikes you for any reason and take detailed notes about it.  How does the author use the myth in his / her own way?  How are colors used?  How are the figures arranged?  What is foregrounded and what is in the background?  Does the image reflect the time-period in which it was produced in some way?  How does the art you're focusing on compare to the other pieces you looked at?  Try to take note of ever little decision that the artist has made in order to frame the myth.  Look at your notes afterward and arrange them so that you are prepared to say something about the art at some point. You may want to check with your classmates to make sure you are all not doing the same piece.  

Many of you have been involved in art, photography, clay, and drama: use your expertise to make shrewd and perceptive observations about the art for your classmates.

Thanks, and see you after break.

Not For College Essay Samples.

See here: http://apenglishghs2011.blogspot.com/p/memoir-essays-aka-not-for-college.html

Modernism and Joyce Terms.

Hi Everyone: In the comment section below, please post what you found about the Modernist / Joyce terms you researched.  Please also include a citation using MLA format for a website at the bottom of your entry. Try to avoid Wikipedia.  Try to get across what you think is most essential to know about your particular term(s) for the benefit of your classmates.  Thanks, Mr. Telles.