Sunday, October 7, 2012
Response to Course Material #2 -Oct.7-
Out of all the things that we've learned since the last post, there has actually been things that I actually recognized. For example, I recognized the defense mechanisms from the critical lenses from when I took psychology last year. I feel like I've used the regression mechanism before. I also recognized the post-colonial terms, such as exoticism, alienation, mimicry, and appropriation from AP World History. But other than that, I don't think there was anything else I knew previously. Except for maybe some of the allusions, like the stories from the bible (but that's because I've read bits of the bible before). The others were new to me, the story of Ceyx and Alcyone turning into bird was something that I had never heard before the presentations in class. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice reminded me of the quote "Keep moving forward, and never look back", since Orpheus was told not to look back at Eurydice while leaving the underworld. I'm not sure whether the quote is actually based off of the story, or if it's just a coincidence. The literary movements...thanks to Brit. Lit., I actually recognized some of them (but that doesn't mean I remembered all of them. I remembered that Classical had to do with Greek and Roman legends and such, and that Romantics were all about nature and being wild. I think I remember bits of the others, such as kings and knights being the regular protagonists in Medieval and Renaissance literature. The American Dream was probably the weirdest/ most interesting play I have ever read. I did not expect someone to be stripping in the middle of it...at all. Though, I struggle to make connections to it from the huge packet on the existentialism and the Theater of the Absurd, but I do know they are related to each other. I hope that we go over it a bit more in class so I can actually understand it.
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Hi Caitlyn! This is a really thorough post, good job! I like the connections you made between other classes and what we've been learning about, I thought the same things about the critical lenses. The only thing I would recommend, is talk more about The American Dream, since that's one of the biggest things we did. Maybe go more in-depth about what you're struggling to understand, or talk about your opinions on the play... just some things to think about!
ReplyDeleteIt's refreshing to see a response that relates what we've learned in this class to prior knowledge and previous classes. That being said, I think you could expand more on connections you're making between parts of this class, since I'd guess that the activities we're doing serve to increase our understanding of the works we read and our performance on the AP test.
ReplyDeleteAs Katie said, you could discuss more what you struggled with when trying to understand The American Dream, just as you talked about what things were familiar and unfamiliar in other activities. Typing out the understanding you have will help cement it and saying what you didn't get in particular will give both us and Ms. Huntley a chance to see/talk about it. This is one of the five major works we read, so it is pretty important, and I agree that it's also one of the most confusing, just as other Absurdist works are.
Ms. Holmes you mean?
DeleteYour connections between previous classes must help you a lot. It's nice to see you remembering back to previous lit years. From the quote it sounds like it might be based off of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, since so many stories are based off of Bible stories I wouldn't be surprised. Just like you I also recognized many of the literary movements from Brit Lit, makes it easier to learn about them doesn't it? I agree with Mayank and Katie that your response to The American Dream needs to be more thorough. You're sure to have had more reactions than just to Mrs. Barker taking off her dress, if so what are they? What connections are you making to the outside world? Or what are you having trouble with?
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