Homework

Okay students, for this

ONLY

time you can turn in the homework on

Friday

, but I want to see excellent work. :)

Candide Homework

Good morning everyone. This Monday we will begin our second week of school after vacations. We are starting a fresh period, so take this as an opportunity to improve your grade. For next class you should have read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Candide. You will write an essay (about three paragraphs) answering the following questions:

1. Which character or characters represent Leibniz?
2. Which character or characters represent Voltaire´s point of view?
3. Which events in the story are similar to the ones in Voltaire´s life (remember what we saw in class)?
4. How does Voltaire make fun of/satirize the Principle of the Best?
5. Which episode was most interesting to you?

DUE DATE: Friday, May 6.

Good luck everyone! :)

Help with movie download.

1. This is the program you need in order to download the movie

2. This is the link for downloading the movie. Pick the one marked by the arrow.
Pick this torrent

3. This is the program you need in order to WATCH the movie.

Romanticism and the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow.

Romanticism was a fascinating time for literature wasn't it? For Monday, April 25, we're going to read Washington Irving's The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and find the characteristics of Romanticism in it. We are also going to watch a movie called Wuthering Heights (based on a novel by Emily Bronte) and do the same things, then we will compare both of them.  The story is 40 pages long, so start reading early so you won't be stuck doing it last minute! I will post a link to the movie as well. 

1. Read the story and underline the elements of Romanticism that you find in it.

2.  Watch the movie and take notes of the elements of Romanticism you find in it.

3. Write an essay stating the elements of Romanticism in both the film and story, and then discuss whether they use those elements in a similar of different way.  For example: is one more centered in nature than the other? is one leaning more torwards the Gothic? Is one hero/protagonist more clearly Romantic than the other?

4. This essay should be minimum 1 1/2 pages long.

5. This essay is worth 15 points instead of 10 like the previous ones.

6. Remember to use the correct format (font, size, etc).

7. When you comment on the story, give me examples that show that you actually read it!

8. You are intelligent, use your own brain. Don't copy!!!

9. You have three days before the weekend to ask ANY questions. Please feel free to come and clear up and doubts

Link to Northanger Abbey Movie

http://torrentz.eu/18ccabe585c7b84ecc95c4b7e5f37eb951e2a2db

Homework: Pre-Romantic Literature

Welcome back dear students.  You have read Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" and studied the characteristics Pre-Romantic Literature. The story we have read was written in 1852, more than fifty years after Horace Walpole and José Cadalso wrote their books. For your essay today I want you to think about the similarities and differences between a typical Pre-Romantic story, and Ms. Gaskell's story. Lugubrious Nights was almost comical because of its extreme sentimentalism. Did Ms. Gaskell's story make you laugh? What made it an effective or ineffective scary story?

Steps:

1. Print out the story (bring it to class tomorrow).

2. Underline the elements that come directly from Pre-Romantic influence.

3. Underline any elements that may oppose Pre-Romanticism.

4. How did this story make you feel? Would you say it is successful as a scary story? Why or why not? Find specific examples.
5. Use steps 2, 3, and 4 as a guide to your essay. Remember to separate different ideas into different paragraphs, but to keep the whole essay coherent. 

6. Use Arial, Times, or Courier New size 12.

7. One page minimum.

8. This is not a SUMMARY, so don't tell me the story, try to answer the questions to the best of your ability.

9. Copying or plagiarism will  result in a zero. Hand-written papers and late papers will not be accepted. The essay is due next class.
10. When you are finished check for spelling and grammar errors and read you paper out loud to make sure your ideas are clear and coherent! :)

Eern up to 5 EXTRA CREDIT POINTS:

Write a one page essay about the Neoclassical and Pre-Romantic elements in Northanger Abbey.
 -Last day to turn it in: Monday, April 11.
-All the regular rules for essays seen above apply ( typed, your own work, correct format, etc).