Classwork...
Today, you bravely and undauntedly accepted your "Quest": to navigate the dangerous, mountainous regions of five literary works from the Introduction to British Literature Unit. These works were:
Your job was to compare/contrast 3 of the five works, and make a claim about similarities and differences they share. The three could have similar arguments/themes/messages or perhaps they all address a particular "batting stance" we discussed in class: Marxism, feminism, psychoanalytical, New Historical/multicultural.
- "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathon Swift - pg. 624 in Brit Lit Book
- "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell - pg. 1252
- "The Rocking-horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence - pg. 1154
- "The Hollow Men" by TS Eliot - pg. 1120
- "Do not Go Gentle" by Dylan Thomas - pg. 1182
Your job was to compare/contrast 3 of the five works, and make a claim about similarities and differences they share. The three could have similar arguments/themes/messages or perhaps they all address a particular "batting stance" we discussed in class: Marxism, feminism, psychoanalytical, New Historical/multicultural.
Homework...
The prompt should be completed for HW tonight and returned (handwritten) no later than tomorrow at the start of class. Be sure to staple the prompt response to the rubric before you turn it in. Here's the test prompt: