We will be finishing up our literary time line with a quick foray into short stories (and then on to poetry for the month of April, leading into the Exam). The purpose of the unit is to solidify your understanding of literary developments from "traditional Western" to Modernist.
1. Look back at TOTC as a traditional work: Truth is out there, we can find it, let's learn from our mistakes, use stories as a way of resolving chaos... Story is linear... Good triumphs over evil... What other works from the 20th century and even now continue to be "traditional?"
2. Look at the period of transition: romanticism, revolutions, Darwin, socialism/communism, Industrial Revolution, World War, Depression, loss of American Dream... Think about C&P's place in this.
3. Look at a couple of Modernist short stories: The Yellow Wallpaper, p. 316-26. Second selection T.B.A.
4. Look at some Modernist art and study the overlap.
5. Take a time line test!!! Will refer to Oedipus through R&GAD.
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