Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Check out this helpful link to all of the works of William Shakespeare . . .
http://shakespeare.mit.edu
http://shakespeare.mit.edu
Friday, September 20, 2013
The Canterbury Tales
Here is a link to the full translated text of The Canterbury Tales:
http://english.fsu.edu/canterbury/
Thursday, June 6, 2013
What Should I Study for the Comprehensive Examination?
Milton Milton , from Paradise Lost, pp. 464 – 474
Scotland , Ireland , and India Arnold , “Dover Beach Hopkins
VOCABULARY
Chapter III Central Ideas
Chapter IV Words from Greek
Chapter V Words from Latin
Chapter VI Words from Classical Mythology/History
Chapter VII Anglo-Saxon Vocab., Latin Synonyms
Chapter VIII French Words in English
Chapter IX Italian Words in English
Chapter X Spanish Words in English
Definitions/synonyms only
SPELLING Lists 1 – 25
GRAMMAR Chapter 16 The Phrase
Chapter 17 The Clause
(including sentence classified according
to structure: simple, compound,
complex, compound-complex)
Fragments, run-ons, complete
sentences
LITERATURE (Know literary periods, literary techniques, authors,
genres, quotations, details, details, details . . . )
THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD (449 A.D. – 1066 A.D.)
Background essay/notes, pp. 32 – 47
Beowulf, pp. 48 - 79
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (1066 A.D. – 1485 A.D.)
Background essay/notes, pp. 104 – 107
Chaucer, “General Prologue to The Canterbury
Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” pp. 153 – 167
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE (1485 A.D. – 1660 A.D.)
Background essay/notes, pp. 234 – 243
Shakespeare, Biography, pp. 284 – 286
Sonnet 18 (handout)
Sonnet 29, p. 291
Sonnet 116, p. 287
Shakespeare, Macbeth, pp. 302 – 389
Bacon, “Of Studies,” pp. 273 – 276
Donne, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” p. 414 – 415, 418 – 419
Donne, “Death Be Not Proud,” p. 420
Donne, “Meditation 17,” p. 422 – 425
Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress,” pp. 455 – 458
THE RESTORATION AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (1660 A.D. – 1798 A.D.)
Background essay/notes, pp. 492 – 503
Swift, “A Modest Proposal,” pp. 516 – 526
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (1798 A.D. – 1832 A.D.)
Background Essay/notes, pp. 650 – 661
Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” pp. 598 – 605
Blake, “The Lamb,” pp. 662 – 663, 665
Blake, “The Tyger,” pp. 666
Wordsworth, “The World Is Too Much with Us,” pp. 686 – 688
Wordsworth, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” pp. 691 – 697
Coleridge, “Kubla Khan,” pp. 709 – 713
Byron, “She Walks in Beauty,” pp. 759 – 760, 763 – 764
Shelley, “Ozymandias,” pp. 765 – 769
Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind,” pp. 770 – 772
Keats, “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be,” pp. 780 – 781, 784
Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” pp. 786 – 787
THE VICTORIAN AGE (1832 A.D. – 1901 A.D.)
• British Empire reaches its peak under Queen Victoria
• Middle class comes into its own, feeling a sense of patriotism, propriety, and
responsibility for the world.
• The novel becomes an extremely popular literary form.
Background essay/notes, pp. 804 – 815
Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., “Lyric #7”, pp. 816 – 818
Tennyson, “Ulysses,” pp. 825 – 828
Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” pp. 840 – 841, 844 – 847
Browning, “My Last Duchess,” pp. 842 – 843
Hardy, “The Man He Killed,” pp. 868 – 869, 871
Hardy, “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” pp. 872 – 874
Housman, “To An Athlete Dying Young,” pp. 887 – 888
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1901 A.D. – 2000 A.D.)
• World War I and World War II
• T.S. Eliot is considered the leading literary poet of this period.
• English literature takes on a very ironic, pessimistic, and sober mood.
Background essay/notes, pp. 908 – 919
Shaw, Pygmalion, pp. 920 – 990
Brooke, “The Soldier,” pp. 1001 - 1002, 1003
Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est,” p. 1004
Sassoon, “Dreamers,” p. 1005 -1007
Huxley, Brave New World
Eliot, “The Hollow Men,” pp. 1072 – 1073, 1076 – 1081
Auden, “Musée des Beaux Arts,” pp. 1142 – 144
Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” p. 1154 – 1155, 1158
Golding, The Lord of the Flies
Friday, January 11, 2013
William Blake's Art
Here is an excellent overview of William Blake's art and achievements during the Romantic Period.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/blke/hd_blke.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/blke/hd_blke.htm
Thursday, November 15, 2012
What to Study for the Trimester Exam
Vocabulary
Spelling – Lists 1-13 (see Spelling List page)
Grammar and Composition – Elements of Language
A. Chapter III, “Building Vocabulary Through Central Ideas,” bliss – vanity, pp. 46-106
B. Chapter IV, “Words Derived From Greek,” acrophobia – peritonitis,
pp. 107-145
C. Chapter V, “Words Derived From Latin,” Latin Prefixes 1 – 30 (a – vice) and Lessons 1 – 15 only, abrupt – perfidy, pp. 146-176
Definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and word parts (Greek roots and prefixes, Latin roots and prefixes; be sure to study the list of thirty Latin prefixes found at the beginning of Chapter V.)
Spelling – Lists 1-13 (see Spelling List page)
Grammar and Composition – Elements of Language
A. Types of Phrases – Chapter 16
B. Types of Subordinate Clauses – Chapter 17
C. Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons – Chapter 17
D. Types of Sentences According to Structure – Chapter 17
(simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
Literature
(Literary periods, literary techniques, authors, genres, quotations, details, details, details . . . )
A. The Anglo-Saxon Period
B. Beowulf
C. The Middle Ages
D. The Canterbury Tales: “General Prologue,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” – Chaucer
E. The Renaissance
F. Sonnets 18, 29, 116 – Shakespeare (Be sure to know the first line of each.)
G. Macbeth – Shakespeare
H. “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” – Donne
I. “Death Be Not Proud” (Holy Sonnet #10) – Donne
J. “Meditation 17” – Donne
K. “Of Studies,” – Bacon
L. “To His Coy Mistress” – Marvell
M. “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” – Milton
N. Paradise Lost (excerpt from Book I) – Milton
O. The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
P. “A Modest Proposal” – Swift
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
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