LITERARY RESEARCH ESSAY - DUE JUNE 11

GUIDELINES & RUBRIC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5ieENzmDfx_JH3q4DWfzQtRpePkzeHw/view?usp=sharing

What exactly are we evaluating????

Right now we're evaluating Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation (2013) of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in class.

How do we feel about the movie?  Does it match our interpretation of the novel?  What we we think about the way that Baz Luhrmann sees the novel?  What is unique about his interpretation?  What did it add to or take away from our understanding of the novel?

Eventually we're going to evaluate the literary theories we learned.  Each of them (historical, psychological, Marxist, Gender/Feminist, post-colonial) are lenses through which we see the world.  To what extent does each lens help us understand a text better?  How useful is the lens?  What does it allow us to do?  Are some lenses more useful than others?

IN-CLASS ESSAY REFLECTION

https://goo.gl/forms/VKURdZEGYUG4ye7J2

Toronto Reference Library

You may access today's assignment here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11sBr-051wWkuYRbbbutwzsul2fi_5po_cRhWMnyI4gI/edit?usp=sharing

You do not need editing privileges.  Make a copy and share your completed work with your teacher.  You may also download, complete, and send by email as an attachment.

Literary Theory Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CnWNG034t9sKqzG08mDhEE4sBAHikOuYnYSKgLORYGM/edit?usp=sharing

King Lear - Audio Book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JylxvHvdtA

Documentary Analysis: Bowling for Columbine

Visit http://bowlingfortruth.com/

Evaluate the various arguments against Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine.

Questions
1.  What do you think is the most compelling argument in Michael Moore's film?  What makes it a convincing argument? 
2.  What do you think is the most compelling argument against the film?  Explain.

Email me your responses by the end of the period.  Tomorrow we will be having group discussions on our analysis of documentaries.