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On Index Card:
Front:
• Your Name• Questions that
you (or someone else) might have about the novel.
Back:
• List: Things you think we should discuss as a class.
This is a “writer’s novel.” As you read, use two sets of eyes:
read for plot
observe how Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafts the story
How is CDF analogous to a detective novel?
• a collection of episodes• a collection of viewpoints• a piecing together• jumbled chronology• must determine who is
reliable and who isn’t
•MARQUEZ SLOWLY UNPACKS THE STORY;•WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS STRUCTURE?
• The non-chronological time telling of a tale; when a writer moves plot and characters around in time; past, present, and future.
elasticity of time
Think Einstein’s theory of relativity – the claim
that space and time are elastic and can be
warped and stretched like taffy.
characteristics• a rational view of reality with an acceptance for the
supernatural• real but with fictitious, mythical, dreamlike or primitive
elements ; symbols abound!• may involve dreams, visions, angels, demons, skewed time ;
people may not be what they seem or act as they should• “tension of opposites”
theme / meaning of the work• Ritual• Honor• Denial• Revenge• Dreams• Gender • Class• Violence• Virginity
• Responsibility• Fate• Family • Gossip• Machismo• Vengeance• Pride • Conflict• Marriage
• Redemption• Regret• Betrayal• Assumptions• Memory• Shame• Reputation• Duty• Religion
Background: From Whence This Story Came
http://mrhoyesibwebsite.com/Prose%20Texts/Chronicle/Background/The%20True%20Story.htm
If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you might also enjoy….
Ben Okri (Niger)Isabel Allende (Chile)Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone)Kojo Laing (Ghana)Allejo Carpentier (Cuba)Toni Morrison (USA)Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)
theme / meaning• Ritual• Honor• Denial• Revenge• Dreams• Gender • Class• Violence• Virginity
• Responsibility• Fate• Family • Gossip• Machismo• Vengeance• Pride • Conflict• Marriage
•Redemption• Regret• Betrayal• Assumptions• Memory• Shame• Reputation• Duty• Religion
Write thematic statements for three of the above one word themes. You must use “betrayal” and “honor”; then select
one more of your own choosing.
Examples using The Metamorphosis
• Franz Kafka expresses his views on the importance of life in his novella The Metamorphosis by illuminating the idea that a person has no value once he is unable to contribute to the greater whole.
• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a story about alienation and how it can negatively effect the human psyche.
Individual Writing: Pre-Discussion(this will go in your Study Log)
• Your personal reaction to the novella, thus far.• 3 things that you think merit group
discussion. • Locate an except to read aloud. Write it down,
MLA style.• Look at the list of themes/meaning in your PPT
notes; highlight 3-5 that seem most prevalent to you at this point in your reading.
Individual Writing: Pre-Discussion(this will go in your Study Log)
• Your personal reaction to the entire novella.• 3 things you think merit group discussion. • Locate an except to read aloud. Write it down, MLA
style.• Look at the list of themes/meaning in your PPT
notes; highlight 3-5 that seem most significant to the novella as a whole.
Student Choice Discussion Topics
• the elasticity of time• the POV; the narrator• bystander effect• what is the climax?• did Angela tell the truth?• Cultural mores:
– Gender expectations– Honor code– The role of class and race– Tradition
• why doesn’t anyone warn Santiago??
Anyone confused
???Got
QUESTIONS ??
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