CONTENTS
Introduction∙Essays∙Writing∙Outlines∙Documentation∙Marking
Literary Analysis: Six Categories∙ Hamlet∙ Quiet American & Year of Living Dangerously
Academic Writing: Rhetorical Analysis∙ Evaluation (in progress)
Literary Analysis
Six Categories∙overlapping categories∙voice∙secular discourse∙ambiguity
1: Space & Setting∙Shakespeare, Jia Dao, etc.∙Whitman essay∙“The Falling Girl”
2: Time∙Shelley, Tagore, etc. — Slaughterhouse-Five∙Timelines∙Sci & Fi
3: Character∙States of Mind: comparative essays∙Insanity: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
4: Relationship∙Parker, Golden Lotus, etc.∙Moulin Rouge!∙Romance
5: Theme∙“Paint it Black” essay∙Sonnet 116 essays∙The Mermaid (advanced essay)
6: Style∙image, metaphor, etc.∙Pratt, Poe, & Dylan∙A-N∙O-Z∙The Epic∙Irony
Six Categories in Black Robe (1985 novel)∙Context
The Rose & Skull: Love & Death in Literature
🔹 Hamlet ∙in light of romance (Moulin Rouge! & Friends), meaning & death (“Prufrock”), & manipulation (The Stronger & “Roman Fever”)∙Background∙Video 1∙Romance∙Passages 1∙student responses 1A∙1B∙V2 Pass. 2∙responses 2A∙2B∙2C∙V3 Pass. 3∙4∙responses 3A∙3B∙3C∙V4 responses 4A∙4B∙4C∙V5 Pass. 5
Lovers in a Dangerous Time∙Colonialism & the Cold War
🔹 The Quiet American∙Context∙Interview & Article∙Sample Essay∙Video 1: QA & Year; Fowler as Protagonist∙student responses 1A∙1B∙1C∙V 2: “I’m Not Involved”∙responses 2A∙2B∙2C
🔹 The Year of Living Dangerously∙Context∙Sukarno’s Year∙Essay & Article∙A Tricky Narrative∙Hinduism∙Video 3: Context & Chapter 1∙responses 3A∙3B∙3C∙V4: Betjaks & Puppets - responses 3D∙3E∙V5: Insight & Empathy
— Comparative essays on QA & Year∙Betrayal & Good Intentions∙Sex Trade & Orientalism
Academic Writing
16 Rhetorical Strategies∙3 Aims & 16 strategies∙Definition of feminism
Video 1 & 2∙metaphor in Friends∙sight & sound in Moulin Rouge!∙opening credits of Lord of War∙essay on opening credits of Mad Men
Video 3∙Twain & Gore∙ Twain & Gore (texts & exercises)∙Student responses to a trailer, credits, & final scene∙responses to an opening scene
Scene from Gandhi (analysis)∙“Is Google Making Us Stupid?”∙Responses to Carr & 16 strategies∙Responses to Carr & McLuhan∙Creative responses on metaphor
Video 5 & 6∙“The Tell-Tale Heart” (Poe)∙“The Last Channel” (Calvino)
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EVALUATION (in progress)
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Music
Description∙Reason or Rhyme∙Historical Analysis∙Linkin Park∙Non-formal Description∙Sgt. Pepper’s∙Literary Descriptions∙Reviews∙Montage∙Beyoncé∙The Saxophone∙Terms: A-L & M-Z
Graphics
Boardwork∙Ophelia∙Year of Living Dangerously∙“116” & “Black Star”∙Bulgakov∙Eagles∙Pink Floyd∙“Paint It Black”∙“Black”∙“Nymph’s Reply”∙“Girl from Ermita”∙“Anthem for Doomed Youth”∙“Dulce”∙“Sonnet 130”∙ “Bright Star”∙Byron & Manson
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