ASSIGNMENTS Read “Responding to Literature” 3-11 Read “Araby” & look for the quest structure Daily Reading Logs begin Monday

SYLLABUS QUIZ

INTRO. TO LITERATURE LAB

WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT LAST CLASS?

SOME QUESTIONS I.What does literature do anyway? II.What difficulties keep us from understanding a piece of literature? III.How do we overcome those difficulties? IV.How do we write about literature?

EVERY TRIP IS A QUEST/THE HERO’S JOURNEY PODCAST 1 minute paper What is the most important thing to know about this reading/podcast? Why do you think the teacher might think they are important? Muddiest point: What was most confusing to you in either?

1.Quester? 2.Place to go? 3.Stated reason to go there? 4.Challenges & trials? 5.Real reason to go there?

1.Quester? 2.Place to go? 3.Stated reason to go there? 4.Challenges & trials? 5.Real reason to go there?

Think Structurally: look for this pattern (or how it’s altered), especially in short stories. Think Structurally: look for this pattern (or how it’s altered), especially in short stories. Look for the theme: what’s the reason for the quest? What’s the conflict? Look for the theme: what’s the reason for the quest? What’s the conflict? Ask: How has the journey changed the main character? Ask: How has the journey changed the main character?

WHY DO THIS THOUGH? Sciences: we turn to the natural world and ask, “How does that all work? What can we learn about that and from it?” Sciences: we turn to the natural world and ask, “How does that all work? What can we learn about that and from it?” Psychology: we ask questions about the human mind and human behavior. Psychology: we ask questions about the human mind and human behavior. Business: we ask about how businesses succeed and fail, and how economic systems work. Business: we ask about how businesses succeed and fail, and how economic systems work. Education: we ask what the end goals of learning are, how people learn, and how we should best teach them. Education: we ask what the end goals of learning are, how people learn, and how we should best teach them. Literature??? Literature???

WHAT IS LITERATURE? Deals with “human experience; not abstract ideas.” It is concrete. Deals with “human experience; not abstract ideas.” It is concrete. Engages our imaginations, emotions, memories, previous experiences, factual knowledge, beliefs. Engages our imaginations, emotions, memories, previous experiences, factual knowledge, beliefs. Meaning is affected by form (how content is expressed) and form is affected by meaning; (Ryken 13-18). Meaning is affected by form (how content is expressed) and form is affected by meaning; (Ryken 13-18).

Do I like this? Do I like this? Is it entertaining? Is it entertaining? Is it exciting? Is it exciting? Is this hard or not? Is this hard or not? THE WRONG QUESTIONS

BETTER QUESTIONS & ASSUMPTIONS Literature makes arguments: Literature makes arguments: Content? Form? Content? Form? Such a claim about the text is an interpretation Such a claim about the text is an interpretation You are the critics You are the critics Analyze what happens in the text Analyze what happens in the text Make an argument about it’s possible meaning Make an argument about it’s possible meaning Write your argument using evidence from text Write your argument using evidence from text So what? What does it say about life? Discuss with each other. So what? What does it say about life? Discuss with each other.

OUR FOCUS Procedural vs. Procedural vs. declarative knowledge declarative knowledge Experience vs Knowledge. Experience vs Knowledge. Regurgitation. Regurgitation. Gives us a space to consider “what if?” and examine new ideas together in a safe place Gives us a space to consider “what if?” and examine new ideas together in a safe place

READING LOG INSTRUCTIONS

ASSIGNMENTS Read “Responding to Literature” 3-11 Read “Araby” & look for the quest structure Daily Reading Logs begin Monday