Since the Beginning…

Jocks, popular, orch-dorks, nerds, band geeks, etc. are all stereotypical groups to which we associate with high school and stereotypical high school movies. The apparent necessity to create this social hierarchy dominates the world we live in and the world we know, starting at a young age. This hierarchy I speak of can even beContinue reading “Since the Beginning…”

Third Project- The Dew Breaker Stories Analyzation Game

Kaitlyn Mader Dr. Helms Currents in Global Literature 18 November 2020 Third Project- The Dew Breaker Stories Analyzation Game             For my third project, I decided to do another interactive and more visual project for the assignment.  I chose to focus my project on Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker stories.  I found The Dew BreakerContinue reading “Third Project- The Dew Breaker Stories Analyzation Game”

Demons and their development over time.

When looking at the portrayal of demons in paradise lost, I came to my attention that this is very different from the ways they are portrayed in other pieces of media, and even in the Bible itself. Following this line of thought, I decided to use several of the theses from Monster Culture, primarily ThesesContinue reading “Demons and their development over time.”

Sakuntala Lesson Plan

I decided to craft lesson plan for what I would do to teach The Recognition of Sakuntala to a class of college students. My lesson plan centers around the themes in Sakuntala, using the above worksheet as the foundation for a larger discussion questioning what Sakuntala is about. Contemplating the themes in Sakuntala forces studentsContinue reading “Sakuntala Lesson Plan”

A Return to my Diary Writing Roots (AKA I Wrote my Own Pillow Book)

Things that Fascinate “It’s beautiful the way the water drops hang so thick and dripping on the garden plants after a night of rain in the ninth month, when the morning sun shines fresh and dazzling on them. Where the rain clings in the spider webs that hang in the open weave of a screeningContinue reading “A Return to my Diary Writing Roots (AKA I Wrote my Own Pillow Book)”

The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World

Script Opening Music Luke: Hello everyone and welcome back to the Literary Analysis Podcast. I am your host, Luke Harding, and today we will be discussing Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicide at Amijima. Now, there are a number of themes that I could discuss, but today I thought I would change the pace of the podcastContinue reading “The Literary Analysis Podcast Episode 3: Chicamatsu and Puppet Theatre Around the World”

Garden to Garden

Similarities Knowledge and the Sun “And higher then that Wall a circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit, Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd, with gay enameld colours mixt: On which the Sun more glad impress’d his beams   (Book 4, lines 146-150).”  ——— “The brain a garden seems, full of delight, Whereon the sun of knowledge shineth bright  (lines 1-2).”  Both Milton and Cavendish touchContinue reading “Garden to Garden”

Video: Women in Asian Society

As I was reading “The Recognition of Sakuntala” and “The Love Suicides at Amijima” I was fascinated by the way women were portrayed in these texts. Since these were the two works, we read from Asia, I decided to make the connection between the Asian history and the treatment and ideas surrounding women. Both ofContinue reading “Video: Women in Asian Society”

Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version

Maddie Bentzlin — 3rd Major Project — 22 November 2020 For my third major project, I have decided to once again create a jeopardy board. I choose jeopardy for my first project but wanted to try it again to improve my style of jeopardy but with a different story. I also chose to connect jeopardyContinue reading “Love Suicide at Amijima, jeopardy version”