Credits: 1
This course is designed for the student seeking a more eclectic approach to language arts study and is comprised of a diverse set of mini-units. These units include: Film History and Criticism; Comparative Literature Studies; Poetry; American Humor in Literature; Drama; and Faith, Philosophy, and Psychology in Literature. In addition to the teacher-led mini-courses, students will work in research teams to prepare and present a fina 3D virtual world culminating project focused on an additional area of language arts studies.
Objectives
Students will :
Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters confronting similar conflicts (e.g., individual vs. nature, freedom vs. responsibility, individual vs. society), using specific examples of characters' thoughts, words and actions.
Analyze the historical, social and cultural context of setting.
Explain how voice and narrator affect the characterization, plot and credibility.
Evaluate the authors use of point of view in a literary text.
Analyze variations of universal themes in literary texts.
Recognize characteristics of subgenres, including satire, parody and allegory, and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic.
Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.
Evaluate ways authors develop point of view and style to achieve specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes (e.g., through use of figurative language irony, tone, diction, imagery, symbolism and sounds of language), citing specific examples from text to support analysis.
