Sumários

"Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne (cont.). Guest professor Teresa Cid on William Apess, "An Indian's Looking Glass"

16 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The incipit of "Young Goodman Brown" - literary analysis and revision of types of heroes.

Guest professor Teresa Cid presenting on William Apess, "An Indian's Looking Glass for the White Man" (1833) - relation with today's America (on the brink of a Civil War )
Blog prompts (and relation with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn): https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/10/hw-for-october-15-william-apess-indians.html

"Rip van Winkle" - types of heroes (cont.); "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

11 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

"Rip van Winkle" (conclusion).

Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne (powerpoint).
Presentation on Puritan representations of "evil" wilderness in "Young Goodman Brown."
Symbolism in Hawthorne's short story.

A nap in the woods: Washington Irving, “Rip van Winkle”.

9 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Huckleberry Finn, chapter 7 (cont.)
Presentation on Rip van Winkle's narrative frames and paratexts: epigraph, introduction, postscript.
Types of heroes and point of view / focalization.
Direct speech and "showing" characters.
The woods and the wilderness in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and "Rip van Winkle."

Continuation of Independence motifs in Huckleberry Finn - chapters 6 and 7

4 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

"The Declaration of Independence" (cont.)
Reading of Pap's libertarian anti-system speech in chapter 6. Model for text analysis.
Teacher's model text analysis on moodle.

"The Declaration of Independence" and Huckleberry Finn (chapters 3-6)

2 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Huck's desire to shun civilization and its incongruent religious background; his relationship with his father.

"The Declaration of Independence" (comparison of the draft with the published version).
Nature and Nature's God - idealistic reconciliation.
Use of deictics and concrete accusations to King George.