| AP Literature & Composition-Unit Four |
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| Essential Questions: 1. How does gender impact the political, religious, ethical, and social influences a character has on the plot of a novel/play? 2. A woman in the family system is essential, yet is often the source of triangulation, scapegoating, and transgenerational repetition. To what extent do Catherine and Nora’s characters change this perception of women and women in literature? 3. Ghosts are both literal and figurative in Wuthering Heights and A Doll’s House. To what extent does the psychological, economic, and social ‘ghosts’ for these characters add to the realism of the characters/novel? 4. In the time periods of Brontë and Ibsen, acceptable literary form followed established patterns. How do Brontë and Ibsen break free of these conventions to create a novel for all times or a truly modern play (not well-made). |
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| Unit Vocabulary |
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| Reading Selections Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Introduction to Wuthering Heights-by Pauline Nestor Editor’s Preface to the New [1850] Edition of Wuthering Heights A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) |
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| Writing Process 1. Reader’s Response to the song lyrics “Wuthering Heights" written by Pat Benetar 2. Reader’s Response: “A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society”-respond to this quote in your journal. 3. Support or refute the following statement by referring to the text: “Wuthering Heights is one of the great love stories in literature.” 4. Conversational Letters-students will pair up. One student is Catherine and the other is Nora. The characters will write back and forth commenting on themes in each work through various literary criticism lenses. Writing Focus: Introduction to Compare & Contrast |
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| IMAGES Bronte, Branwell. "Emily Brontet." No date. Painting. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons. 13 April 2008. 10 Aug. 2008 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/.../b/b1/Emily_Brontë.jpg>. " A Doll's House." No date. On line Image. La Grange. 10 Aug. 2008 < www.lagrange.edu/.../DollsHouse/DollsHouse.jpg>. "Wuthering Heights." 1939. On line Image. Fox News. "Wuthering Heights Among 25 Top Films Chosen By Library of Congress."10 Aug. 2008 <www.altfg.com/Stars/w/wuthering-heights.jpg>. |
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| Last Updated On: Aug 10, 2008 |
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| Women in Literature |
| Unit Vocabulary Reading Selections Writing Process Tools Author Focus |
| Concepts |
Terms |
| Gothicism Romanticism Doppelganger Bildungsroman Drama Problem Play Frame Narrative One Act vs. Two Act Plays -Organic form vs. Well-Made Plays |
Allusion Diction Dialect Imagery Motif Romantic Cliché Mytonymy |
| Wuthering Heights Power Point |
| "Wuthering Heights" - Song by Pat Benetar |
| "Wuthering Heights" - Poem by Sylvia Plath |
| Introduction to Wuthering Heights |
| Editor's Preface to the New [1850} ed. of Wuthering Heights |
| Author Biography |
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| Emily Brontë |
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| Henrik Ibsen |