Walt Whitman: discussion on the relation with the "you" in parts of the preface (powerpoint on moodle) and the beginning sections of "Song of Myself" in Leaves of Grass. The hesitant meanings of "a blade of grass" and the motif od death as compost and re-composition. "Contain[ing] multitudes" vs. following the mob - comparison with the end of chapter 33 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Reading prompts: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/12/reading-prompts-for-class-of-december-6.html

Introduction to Walt Whtitman and his lasting influence on Western (free verse) poetry.

Reading prompts: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/11/reading-prompts-for-class-of-december-4.html

Presentation on "Mar, mar e mar" by Eugénio de Andrade.

Powerpoint on moodle.

Discussion and literary analysis of "Self-Reliance" (1841).

Reading prompts: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/11/reading-prompts-for-class-of-november-29.html

Powerpoint on moodle with relations to "The Philosophy of Composition" and its import on modern Western short story and the (narrative) poem.

Reading prompts: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/11/hw-for-class-of-november-20th-e-poe-s.html