8/21/13
In Class:
Journal-- To what expectations and standards do the people in your life hold you? (Consider family, friends, teachers, employers, yourself etc.) How does these expectations make you feel? How often do you fall short of these expectations?
Discussed the definitions and distinctions of tone and mood in literary analysis.
tone: the emotional quality that an author creates in a piece of writing.
mood: the emotional quality that a reader perceives in a piece of writing.
Screened Sarah McLachlan's SPCA commercial and "True Facts About the Tarsier" to discuss the implementation of discrepancies between tone and mood.
Lecture on Southern Gothic writing style:
Emerging from similar historical circumstances, Southern Gothic style grew directly from traditional European gothic, e.g. Frankenstein and Dracula. It also finds roots in American literature, like that of Edgar Allan Poe.
- tone/mood: generally very dark
- macabre
- deeply-flawed characters
- decay/downfall (literal and figurative)
- undertones of American racism and poverty
*surrealism
Class discussion of "A Rose for Emily."
With remaining class time, students began homework.
Exit ticket: Describe the difference between tone and mood.
Homework:
Read "Every Trip is a Quest..." from How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster.
Read "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.
Write at least three discussion questions on "A Worn Path."
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