We spent a lot of time on the literary periods which was a good refresher from last year. Mrs. Huntley was big on history and literary periods though, so some of it stuck with me. Although I don't relish a nice hour of note taking I do think it's kind of cool how literature changes between these periods. When we read books in class last year we always thought about how it related to it's literary period and I do that now whenever I read older books.
The was really glad we did the mythology and bible stories last week. I know very little about the bible and there is so much mythology that it gets confusing, so it was very helpful. The only thing I didn't like was all that note taking...it was so fast paced and looking back I think my time would have been better spent just listening and paying close attention. We were all so caught up in the note taking that we didn't have time to process the information. I don't think all those names in mythology were that important. Maybe I'm wrong but isn't the general story line the important part for literary allusions we will be looking for in the future?
I really liked The American Dream especially towards the end when I just wanted to know what was going to happen! It definitely made me (and the rest of the class) laugh at points which is so nice to see. It just sucks that this happens in AP lit when all of us already like reading! Maybe Lit Comp 9 should be reading some funny pieces like this! Aside from the humor, I was so glad we had a chance to read that handout written on it. They had so many interesting points and it really tied up the loose ends that were confusing me, and brought the whole play together. I liked what he said about it not being COMPLETELY absurd, but sort of in between. I'm not sure I would like one that makes absolutely no sense at all. There was definitely a lot to talk about with this play.
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ReplyDeleteThe literary period talk was a lot of what we did in Huntley but this time around it was definitely a lot clearer to me the distinctions from one era to the other. Also with the mythology stories I agree the note taking was pretty distracting from the actual story being told but I know that if I just listened closely I wouldn't remember a single one. Again, I have the same feelings about the American Dream. It was nice to have fun in class but we also had thoughtful discussions about it (especially after reading the handout). Overall I think you covered almost everything we did and came to thoughtful conclusions about the material.
Hey Roz, good response. Mrs. Reed also did a thorough job covering literary movements and history so a lot was review for me too. I did think there were some new and interesting things that I learned though. Additionally, I thought the allusions review was VERY helpful because I know nothing about the Bible. Hopefully we will go over it again before the AP exam! All in all, you did a great job covering everything we did and your commentary was delightful.
ReplyDeleteRoz, I completely know what you mean when you talk about the absurdist aspect of The American Dream. I know I wouldn't find any pleasure in reading a play that was completely absurd. I also thought that the frantic note taking was pretty ridiculous. Rather than obsessing over the details and names, I think we would've learned the stories much better if we just listened. By listening, we would get to process everything in our head. Good job reflecting on the course material!
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