Choice Book Extravaganza
The Process:
- Read your choice book.
- Select one of the key concepts we introduced at the beginning of the class. (HUMANITIES: You can select a Platonic idea from Republic instead of a theme.)
- Think about how that concept is present in your choice book.
- Pick a passage of your choice book and closely read it in terms of the concept.
- Analyze how the entire novel can be understood in terms of the concept.
- Report your findings via a product of your choice.
The product can be
You can work alone or in a group of no more than three (3) people.
What an A looks / sounds like:
- Your product clearly identifies a key concept from the beginning of the course.
- Your product focuses on a passage in the novel where that concept is prominent.
- Your product is a close reading of how the passage dramatizes the concept.
- the connotations and "metaphorical values" of words and imagery
- the tone of the passage
- the ironies and paradoxes present in the passage
- the internal conflicts present in the characters
- Your product is an evaluation of how the entire novel can be understood in terms of the concept.
- The neatness, organization, and intelligibility of your product is the result of careful thought and preparation.
Analysis
Read the wiki section entitled "close reading" to understand literary analysis. Here are some other suggestions:
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What is the most suggestive, provocative word or image in the passage you have chosen?
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What is ironic about the passage?
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How is the passage a microcosm of the whole book?
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Does the passage present a problem? Does it raise questions rather than offer answers?
The Picture of Dorian Gray full text
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/WilDori.html
The Hunchback of Notre Dame full text
http://www.fullbooks.com/Notre-Dame-de-Paris-The-Hunchback-of-Notre1.html
The Trial full text
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/ktria11.txt
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