Sheron Caton Kaplan University Sheron Caton Kaplan University Unit 5 Literature

What is Literature? Figure 1

Role of Literature ✴ Why is literature significant? Figure 2

✴ Poetry ✴ Short Stories ✴ Novellas ✴ Novels ✴ Dramas (Plays) ✴ Poetry ✴ Short Stories ✴ Novellas ✴ Novels ✴ Dramas (Plays) Forms

✴ Lyric ✴ Read "My Letters! All Dead Paper...” Read "My Letters! All Dead Paper...” ✴ Read "5 & 7 & 5” Read "5 & 7 & 5” ✴ Narrative ✴ Read "The Iliad” Read "The Iliad” ✴ Read “The Raven” Read “The Raven” ✴ Dramatic ✴ Read “Number 3 on the Docket" Read “Number 3 on the Docket" ✴ Lyric ✴ Read "My Letters! All Dead Paper...” Read "My Letters! All Dead Paper...” ✴ Read "5 & 7 & 5” Read "5 & 7 & 5” ✴ Narrative ✴ Read "The Iliad” Read "The Iliad” ✴ Read “The Raven” Read “The Raven” ✴ Dramatic ✴ Read “Number 3 on the Docket" Read “Number 3 on the Docket" Poetry

✴ Where are some places that poetry exists and thrives in our culture? ✴ Watch Being Erica clip Watch Being Erica clip ✴ Where are some places that poetry exists and thrives in our culture? ✴ Watch Being Erica clip Watch Being Erica clip Poetry in Unexpected Places

✴ What are some of the unique benefits poetry can offer to the reader or listener? ✴ Challenge: Poem a DayPoem a Day ✴ What are some of the unique benefits poetry can offer to the reader or listener? ✴ Challenge: Poem a DayPoem a Day Why Poetry?

Short Stories ✴ Early short stories ✴ U.S. influence ✴ Magazine fiction ✴ Edgar Allan Poe ✴ Epiphany ✴ Shirley Jackson ✴ “ The Lottery ” ✴ Early short stories ✴ U.S. influence ✴ Magazine fiction ✴ Edgar Allan Poe ✴ Epiphany ✴ Shirley Jackson ✴ “ The Lottery ” Figure 3

Novels ✴ Western World ✴ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ✴ British Influence ✴ William Defoe ✴ Jonathan Swift ✴ The United States ✴ James Fenimore Cooper ✴ Henry James ✴ Mark Twain ✴ F. Scott Fitzgerald ✴ Western World ✴ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ✴ British Influence ✴ William Defoe ✴ Jonathan Swift ✴ The United States ✴ James Fenimore Cooper ✴ Henry James ✴ Mark Twain ✴ F. Scott Fitzgerald Figure 4

Popular Fiction Figures 5-14 L-->R, T-->B

✴ Which books/authors do you enjoy? ✴ Which have inspired you? ✴ Which books/authors do you enjoy? ✴ Which have inspired you?

Reading in the United States, ✴ In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts revealed in “ Reading at Risk, ” that reading was declining in the U.S. ✴ In 2007, another study showed that 1 in 4 adults read no books in (Fram, 2007) ✴ Read Article Read Article ✴ In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts revealed in “ Reading at Risk, ” that reading was declining in the U.S. ✴ In 2007, another study showed that 1 in 4 adults read no books in (Fram, 2007) ✴ Read Article Read Article

✴ “ For the first time since the NEA began surveying American reading habits in and less than five years after it issued its famously gloomy ‘ Reading at Risk ’ report -- the percentage of American adults who report reading ‘ novels, short stories, poems or plays ’ has risen instead of declining: from 46.7 percent in 2002 to 50.2 percent in 2008 ” (Thompson, 2009). ✴ Read Article Read Article ✴ “ For the first time since the NEA began surveying American reading habits in and less than five years after it issued its famously gloomy ‘ Reading at Risk ’ report -- the percentage of American adults who report reading ‘ novels, short stories, poems or plays ’ has risen instead of declining: from 46.7 percent in 2002 to 50.2 percent in 2008 ” (Thompson, 2009). ✴ Read Article Read Article Update on Reading- 2009

✴ Reading ✴ “ The Lost Beautifulness ” by Ana Yezierska ✴ Discussion ✴ Part 1 ✴ “ The Lost Beautifulness ” ✴ Part 2 ✴ Analyze two poems ✴ No Unit Project ✴ Start thinking about Unit 7 ’ s project ✴ Reading ✴ “ The Lost Beautifulness ” by Ana Yezierska ✴ Discussion ✴ Part 1 ✴ “ The Lost Beautifulness ” ✴ Part 2 ✴ Analyze two poems ✴ No Unit Project ✴ Start thinking about Unit 7 ’ s project Reminders

Fram, A. (2007, August 21). One in four read no books last year. Washington Post. Retrieved from dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR htmlhttp:// dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR html Janaro, R.P., & Altshuler, T.C. (2009). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living (Kaplan 2 nd ed.). New York, NY: Pearson. Thompson, B. (2009, January 12). Unexpected twist: Fiction reading is up. Washington Post. Retrieved from dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR htmlhttp:// dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR html Fram, A. (2007, August 21). One in four read no books last year. Washington Post. Retrieved from dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR htmlhttp:// dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR html Janaro, R.P., & Altshuler, T.C. (2009). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living (Kaplan 2 nd ed.). New York, NY: Pearson. Thompson, B. (2009, January 12). Unexpected twist: Fiction reading is up. Washington Post. Retrieved from dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR htmlhttp:// dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR html References

Figure 1- Artist Unknown. (n.d.). [Photograph] Retrieved from Figure 2- Koehnline, James. (2007). [Illustration] Retrieved fromhttp://james119.deviantart.com/art/Literature-1-Large http://james119.deviantart.com/art/Literature-1-Large Figure 3- Copyright Scribner Press, 1999 Figure 4 Copyright Bantam Classics, 1983 Figures 5-14 Copyrights L to R Top: Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard, 2009; Knopf, 2002; Grand Central Publishing, 2007; Pocket, 2006; Avon, 1992 ; Copyrights L to R Bottom: Anchor, 2001; Scribners, 1994; Little, Brown and Company, 2010; Simon and Schuster, 2010; Sourcebooks Landmark, 2012 Figure 1- Artist Unknown. (n.d.). [Photograph] Retrieved from Figure 2- Koehnline, James. (2007). [Illustration] Retrieved fromhttp://james119.deviantart.com/art/Literature-1-Large http://james119.deviantart.com/art/Literature-1-Large Figure 3- Copyright Scribner Press, 1999 Figure 4 Copyright Bantam Classics, 1983 Figures 5-14 Copyrights L to R Top: Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard, 2009; Knopf, 2002; Grand Central Publishing, 2007; Pocket, 2006; Avon, 1992 ; Copyrights L to R Bottom: Anchor, 2001; Scribners, 1994; Little, Brown and Company, 2010; Simon and Schuster, 2010; Sourcebooks Landmark, 2012 Images