Questions Posed
ROHS AP Literature Explorations of LiteratureWhat happens when Royal Oak’s AP Literature students meet to unpack novels, plays, poetry, and literary theory? It’s Questions Posed, our ongoing series of discussions on various questions deeper than the SparkNotes approach to literature. Enjoy!
TofS: An Ending
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Adam and Natalie consider the value of the novel’s resolution.
Episodes:
Brooks: “We Real Cool”
Jessica, Sophia, Eve, and Miracle bop through the Brooks beats.
Jarrell: “A Field Hospital”
Joce, Leah, Olivia, Ava, and Megan unpack the disturbing war poem by Jarrell.
Shelley: “Ozymandias”
Henry, Collin, and Braden examine the mythic and political readings of the Shelley poem.
Kafka on the Shore: Kafka, Hoshino, and the Other World
Katie, Erica, and Sarah try to hold it together as they sort the relationships and closure in the novel.
Kafka on the Shore: The Boy Named Crow
Macey, Braxton, and company account for Crow.
Vaughan: “The Retreat”
Eve, Sophia, Jessica, and Miracle unpack the subtle work of Henry Vaughan.
What is Kurtz’s “Horror”?
Katie, Jana, and Darius wrestle with the central signifer of the novel.
John Crowe Ransom: “Blue Girls”
Jessica, Miracle, and Eve dig at the subtext of “Blue Girls”
Does Kurtz Have Morals?
Katie, Zak, and Hannah take on nothing less than the conscience of Conrad’s Kurtz.
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