Literature for the Week Youre responsible…even if youre not here.

What well be reading

Folk Tales from The One Thousand and One Nights: The Fisherman and the Jinnee (pg 84) from The Rubaiyat(pg 100) from The Gulistan (pg 106) Elephant in the Dark (pg 119) Two Kinds of Intelligence (pg 121) The Guest House (pg 122) Which is Worth More? (pg 124) African Proverbs: from Sundiata (pg 129)

Vocabulary

The Thousand and One Nights The Fisherman and the Jinnee

Adj: inverted Upside down

Adj: blasphemous Showing disrespect toward God or religious teachings

V: adjured Ordered solemnly

Adv: indignantly In a way showing righteous anger or scorn

adv.: resolutely In a determined way

Adj: enraptured Completely delighted; spellbound

N: munificence Great generosity

Adj: ominous Hinting at bad things to come

The Rubaiyat & The Gulistan

N: repentance Sorrow for wrongdoing

N: pomp Ceremonial splendor, magnificence

N: myriads Great numbers of persons or things

N: piety Devotion to religious duties or practices

Adj: beneficent charitable

N: extortions Acts of obtaining money or something else through threats, violence, or misuse of authority

Elephant in the Dark, Two Kinds of Intelligence, The Guest House, Which is Worth More?

N: competence Ability

N: conduits Channels or pipes

N: malice Ill will; evil intent

N: solitude isolation

Sundiata

V: fathom Probe the depths of; understand

Adj: taciturn Not given to talking

Adj: malicious Intending harm; spiteful

N: infirmity Weakness; illness

N: innudendo Indirect remark or gesture that hints at something bad; sly suggestion

Adj: diabolical Devilish; wicked

Adj: estranged Isolated and unfriendly; alienated

Literary Elements Terms you need to know

Folk Tales Part of the oral tradition, the body of stories, poems, and songs that are passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.

Characteristics of Folk Tales Lesson about life Lesson about life Magical or supernatural elements Magical or supernatural elements Characters who possess one or two main traits Characters who possess one or two main traits A clear separation between good and evil A clear separation between good and evil Folk tales may share plot patterns and deceptively ordinary characters. Folk tales may share plot patterns and deceptively ordinary characters.

Narrative Structure The way in which a work of fiction is organized. The Fisherman and the Jinnee contains framed stories or stories within a story. Create the following chart:

First Story: The Fisherman and the Jinnee Second story Narrator: fisherman Story _____________ Third Story Narrator _____________ Story _____________ Similarities between all Three stories

Didactic Literature Teaches lessons on ethics, or principles regarding right and wrong conduct, and if often reflects the values or the society that produces it.

Didactic literature uses these tools: Aphorisms: short, pointed statements expressing truths about human existence Aphorisms: short, pointed statements expressing truths about human existence Personification: a technique that gives human qualities to non-human things Personification: a technique that gives human qualities to non-human things Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

Types of Metaphors All Metaphors: compare two apparently unlike things without using the words like or as All Metaphors: compare two apparently unlike things without using the words like or as Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms directly Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms directly Indirect Metaphor: suggests the comparison Indirect Metaphor: suggests the comparison

Direct Metaphor: Example This being human is a guest house.

Indirect Metaphor: Example …getting always more / marks on your preserving tablets

Analogy An explanation of how two things are similar An explanation of how two things are similar Usually extended comparisons that explain something unfamiliar by showing how it is like something familiar Usually extended comparisons that explain something unfamiliar by showing how it is like something familiar Frequently use figurative speech Frequently use figurative speech

Epic Conflict A narrative or narrative poem that focuses on the deeds of heroes.

Characteristics Menacing enemies Menacing enemies Natural dangers Natural dangers Moral dilemmas Moral dilemmas Problems with society Problems with society Difficulties with fate Difficulties with fate Challenging decisions Challenging decisions

The Fisherman and the Jinnee Turn to page 85 Turn to page 85 Go to your notes page with your table (the one you copied earlier with narrative structure story within a story) Go to your notes page with your table (the one you copied earlier with narrative structure story within a story)