Pearls & Onions » Lit Circles/Journals http://pearlsandonions.edublogs.org Read,Think,Write: Connect! Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The Awakening: Journal Requirements http://pearlsandonions.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/the-awakening-journal-requirements/ http://pearlsandonions.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/the-awakening-journal-requirements/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:09:33 +0000 lisahuff http://pearlsandonions.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/the-awakening-journal-requirements/ theawakening.JPG
This quarter we’re reading one of my all-time favorites, The Awakening by Kate Chopin. The book fits nicely in our gender thematic study. Though it is literature–classical fiction–rather than nonfiction, try to read with your rhetorical eyes, thinking of the text as an argument.

  • If you were to sit down with Chopin, what claims might she share that she is making in this text?
  • Think about the context (Victorian age) of the novel and the plight of women in the age: What argument(s) does Chopin seem to be making?
  • How does she make that argument, through what tools and devices–characters, setting, dialogue, rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos, logos…?

    • The picture above tells the tale of your journal requirements. Thanks to Amberly and Elizabeth for crafting these.

    For those of you who prefer text…
    Lit. Circle 1: 3/19 pp. 1-40
    Lit. Circle 2: 4/1 pp. 40-78
    Lit. Circle 3: 4/7 pp. 78-116
    Come to class with journal (1-2-3-4) entries completed, ready to discuss the text with your literature circle.

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