- allusion
- tone
- in/direct characterization
- theme
- exposition/setting
- suspension of disbelief
- personalized, individual-as-narrator or protagonist
Please bring a hard copy (typed or handwritten) to class on Tuesday, 11.6.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
romanticism essay
Given what we've learned about Romanticism, is "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" or "Young Goodman Brown" a better example of the genre? Support your answer by analyzing three of the following literary elements/effects in the work of Irving and Hawthorne:
Please bring a hard copy (typed or handwritten) to class on Tuesday, 11.6.
Please bring a hard copy (typed or handwritten) to class on Tuesday, 11.6.
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I am alittle confused when you say "a better example of this genre"
ReplyDeleteWhat do you know/remember about Romanticism? Which story seems to better fit the mold?
Deleteim confused. can we go over this tomorrow, the sub didnt tell us to do anything today in class. it was just talking
ReplyDeleteGive it a shot. I know this assignment is hard, but the only way to fail is to not do it.
Delete"there is glory in the attempt"
I think that this essay is going to be easier to the last one because I understand the story better than the last one.
ReplyDeleteRock on Eli!
DeleteAllusion: In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving transforms the classroom into a tiny kingdom ruled over by a very petty tyrant. Ichabod Crane is "enthroned" king like, as he "watched all the concerns of his little literary realm," and the ferule is his "sceptre of despotic power." So the allusion, which is primarily humorous, is also satirical. Ichabod's classroom is a very undemocratic, and by extension, unenlightened, realm.
ReplyDeleteTone: In the beginning of the story it's kinda slow, then it gets spooky!
Theme: Revenge?
Thats all i got so far.. i got the Allusion online because i wasn't sure what it meant. :)
Thank you for posting this, Lissette! It illustrates good thinking and the perils of consulting online resources that offer shortcuts. If an allusion is a reference to something s/he thinks the audience should know, it seems like this is missing an outside reference. The way you've described the example makes it look more like an extended metaphor.
DeleteMiyah and I joined a group today in class and discussed the book but I left class completely clueless on what I'm doing still
ReplyDeleteGive it a shot and we will discuss/refine tomorrow.
DeleteSince none of us really understand the assignment and the sub gave us no direction, can we analyze the three literary terms in the form of notes and write the essay tomorrow in class? I feel like your "speeches" enlighten us more Dr. Preston.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cameron. we were kind of left hangin today by the sub. I'm really confused on how to even start this essay....
ReplyDeleteI promise I'll add to this, and I promise you'll have a chance-- in a separate assignment for a separate grade-- to edit and revise your work after we talk in class. And, please do the best you can tonight and bring it to class tomorrow.
DeleteSo is this pretty much writting an essay about YGB or Legend of Sleepy Hollow using the terms above and explaining how it relates to Romanticism? Im confused...
ReplyDeleteYou are deciding which one better represents Romanticism, by using three literary terms.
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