Monthly Archives: January 2017

Literature As Exploration

Literature as Exploration Louise M Rosenblatt 1965 Reprint 1995 Schools and Colleges are there to teach students about themselves and humankind. As students, we try to understand the psychology of the characters we read about. We try to figure out … Continue reading

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The Anatomy of Criticism

Anatomy of Criticism Northrop Frye, 1957 It is impossible to learn literature because literature needs to be dis-furnished from the study of it—or criticism.  Literary Criticism has many neighbors, including: Psychology and Sociology. Frye covers the Fictional Modes first.  Myth, … Continue reading

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The Poetics of Postmodernism

The Poetics of Postmodernism: A History, Theory and Fiction By Linda Hutchinson, 1988 The term Postmodernism is either under defined or over defined.. Word like discontinuity, disruption, dislocation, decentering, intermittentcy. These terms all seem negative though.  Post-modernism installs and then … Continue reading

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The Emerald City

January 26, 2017 Emerald City The Emerald City is the Capital of The Land of Oz. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the walls are green, but the city itself is not.  In fact, the Wizard makes everyone wear green … Continue reading

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Summer Reading For High School

Summer Reading For High School AP/Honors Class For 9th Grade   Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Ajeema and His Son by Richard Bradford The Good Earth by Pearl Buck Runs … Continue reading

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Golden Reading

Golden Library Young Adult Recommendations Historical Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron Deadly by Julie Chibbaro Phantom in the Snow by Kathleen Benner Duble Caleb’s Wars by David L Dudley The Traitor’s Smiles by … Continue reading

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