Day 3031 October 2011

ICTW #3031 October 2011

Get out your homework, “Anabel Lee”, and skim over the text one more time.

Describe how Poe sets the scene to make the poem feel intense/scary. What words or phrases play to readers’ imagination or emotions?

On Tap:

ICTW #30Romanticism Text: “The Raven” Edgar Allen

Poe

HOMEWORK DUE: Turn in “Annabel Lee”

“The Raven” Edgar Allen PoeSimpson’s StyleWatch carefully, try to understand the basic plot

of the poem. Be ready to answer the following questions:

On your ICTW:Literal Comprehension – What is happening in

the poem “The Raven”? Provide a brief summary of the sequence of events in the poem.

Making Inferences – Why is this man scared? What is he thinking and feeling? How do you know this?

Understanding “The Raven”One way to grapple with difficult texts:

Follow along as I go through these steps.

STEP ONE: Read and ANNOTATE the text.

STEP TWO: Re-read your assigned chunk, then put it into your own words.Write a brief summary that demonstrates a

clear understanding of the text.

STEP THREE: Share what you came up with.

Understanding “The Raven”STEP ONE: Read and ANNOTATE

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and

weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a

tapping,

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber

door.

'Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door;

Only this, and nothing more.’

Telling a story

Dark, late, raining

Thinking about

He’s already compromised.

Feeling tired, jaded

Reading scary storiesFalling asleep

Oh, goodness! That would be

startling!

Someone

knocking?

Outside? Or on a bedroom door?

Talking to himself?

Someone is here???

Understanding “The Raven”STEP TWO: Re-read the chunk, summarize what happened.

My Own Words:It is dark and rainy outside, and very late at

night. Theman in the story is falling asleep in a room whilereading scary stories. All of the sudden he hears

aknocking at the door. He wakes a little startled

andthinks that someone is outside his door.

YOUR TURN…

STEP ONE: Read and annotate the text.

Listen and follow along to Christopher Walken’s reading of “The Raven”

As he reads, ask questions and ANNOTATE the text.

STEPS TWO & THREE in your groups:Do the work together, but everyone MUST have it written down.

STEP TWO: Re-read your assigned chunk, then put it into your own words.Write a brief summary that demonstrates your

understanding of the chunk you read.

STEP THREE: Share your summary with the class

In your groups:Do the work together, but everyone MUST have it written down.

STEP ONE: Read and ANNOTATE the ENTIRE text.

STEP TWO: Re-read your assigned chunk, then put it into your own words.Write a brief summary that demonstrates your

understanding of the chunk you read.

STEP THREE: Share your summary with the class

Romanticism Notes (just in case)

Romanticism1820s-1860s

Romanticism1820s-1860s

“Sweet Mountains--Ye tell Me no lie--Never deny Me--Never fly--Those same unvarying EyesTurn on Me--when I fail--or feign,Or take the Royal names in vain--Their far--slow--Violet Gaze--”

Emily Dickinson

“Sweet Mountains--Ye tell Me no lie--Never deny Me--Never fly--Those same unvarying EyesTurn on Me--when I fail--or feign,Or take the Royal names in vain--Their far--slow--Violet Gaze--”

Emily Dickinson

How was it different?Romanticism was born from conflict with the

Enlightenment. The Enlightenment attacked Puritans by saying that the Church blocked “human reason”. And then the Romantics attacked the writers/thinkers of the Enlightenment by saying that they blocked imagination!

The Romantics rebelled and instead focused on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, the gothic, and sexuality.

Some things to ponder:This truly was America’s FIRST creative period. Patriotism was alive, idealism about democracy

flourished. People fought against the idea that America was just a collection of “immigrants” -

Romantics wanted an ideal new society where each person would be valued.

GOD was in nature, in the individual, in everything.

There was a big focus on the Supernatural and gothic horror.

(READING with the purpose of being titillated or scared? A new concept for these guys and gals.)

KNOWLEDGE

Intuition over IntellectFocus on Genius - and geniuses were

often outcast because they were not afraid to play by the rules - but that was mysterious and awesome. (Authors and poets of this time were often seen as eccentric, melancholy geniuses.)

Through the sublime - people could experience experience a higher sense of being (the sublime) through art.

World ViewPeople could only understand themselves

through their own minds. Rational thought can undermine

individuality. Individuals are the key. The Spirit of God lives in the

individual.(Compare to the Enlightenment: For the

good of ___________? The Romantics would say: For the good of the ____________.)

Social ViewSensibility is fashionable : Having a

sensitive and intuitive way of understanding the people around you.

Focus on human experience over human reason

Social Idealism

Self-conceptFocus on self-discovery

It’s ALL about the self in Romanticism.

View of NatureStrong connection to nature.

Focus on nature. We can discover ourselves in nature.

Nature is always connected to our individual self-discoveries. For example, if a tree can survive a great storm, the person who perceives it can survive his or her own trials.

Representative WritersNathaniel HawthorneEmily DickinsonWalt WhitmanWashington IrvingEdgar Allen Poe