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!
Corn: “A Conch in Sicily”
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Some concrete poetry for the EAH readers.
Attic once
My nursery is like
An early language no longer
Spoken, a babble too small ever
Again to house adults. Yet the spiral
Stair remains, Maestro Fibonacci the builder,
Who made it pirouette downward like a clockwork
Calla. In the Southern Hemisphere it would run
Counterclockwise, yet I as well as the conchs
Down under have a silhouette like South
America, and we all smooth the path
That clothes our foot with orange
Coral enamel paneling and floor,
As far down as this loosely
Furled calyx, one concave
Rondo’s calm finale — or,
If not the last, then
The next-to-last
Summing up, a
Single word:
Il tempo —
Weather,
Speed,
Time.
Episodes:
Judith Wright: “Train Journey”
Cameron, George, Miracle, Erica, and Sofiya (aka Tiffani) argue over how far we might stretch in reading Wright’s imagery.
IM Ch. 25: Surprising Connections
Jana, Katie, Darius, and Elise work to synthesize some of the work’s themes at its close.
Literary Theory: Semiotics and Hot Dogs
Braden, Macey, Claire, and Braxton play with signification and its cultural implications.
Judith Wright: “Woman to Man”
Darius, Elise, Katie, and Jana unpack Wright’s classic work.
IM Ch15: Ditching the Sambo Bank
Ava, Olivia, Josh, and Erin examine why it’s so hard to rid ourselves of history.
IM: For Clifton or Against Jack: Where Identity?
Where does the IM most come to realize a genuine identity: from his funeral oration for Clifton or his defiance of Brother Jack?
Housman: From Far From Eve and Morning
Leah, Ethan, Joce, and Braxton offer an analysis of conflict in the Housman work.
William Blake: “The Tyger”
Brooke, Megan, Morgan, Maddy, and Kira unpack Blake’s “The Tyger”
Invisible Man: I Yam What I Yam
Megan, Jocelyn, Olivia, and Ava explore IM’s identity in terms of his eating habits.
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