Quotes: "Literature is the question minus the answer."
"Fiction is the truth inside a lie."
Readings: Aesop "The Tortoise and the Hare"
Berton Braley "A Little further"
Salman Javid "The Journey"
Rudyard Kipling "If"
Homework: find either a definition or a quote on fiction and/or literature. Explain how the poet conveys the message that people are adventurous and curious.
Weeks 2-4. What is (plot, characterization, setting, protagonist)?
Vocabulary: drama, play, characters, dialogue, action, pity, language, deaf, mute.
Quotes: "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved"
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world."
Readings: Miracle Worker, a play by William Gibson
The Story of My Life, an autobiography of Helen Keller
Week 5. - What is a theme?
Vocabulary: theme, controlling idea, unifying message
Readings: Miracle Worker, a play by William Gibson
The Story of My Life, an autobiography of Helen Keller
