Langston Hughes Recurring Themes. Prior Knowledge What do you remember about topics and themes? What is the relationship between topics and themes?

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Langston Hughes Recurring Themes

Prior Knowledge What do you remember about topics and themes? What is the relationship between topics and themes?

Identifying Topics p.22 Next to each topic, list several synonyms. On the line below each topic, list texts that explore that topic.

Dreams What is a dream? Explain both the literal and figurative meaning of the word. Provide examples of each. What are some of your dreams?

TitleThemesApplies to you

Poem Dreams What is the poem about? What topics are explored in the poem? For each topic, list several synonyms.

List line and phrases that reference this topic. What does each line or phrase suggest about the topic?

Thematic Statement In presenting the selected topic, what messages about life or human nature can be inferred from the text? Select the most prominent of these messages, and craft it into a single statement.

Craft a Thematic Statement p.23 Characteristics of a Theme Statement Purposes of the Theme Statement The theme statement can help you interpret and write about literature in two main ways: (1) it forces you to decide on a clear, simple interpretation before you begin writing, and (2) it provides your reader with a summary of your interpretation.

Characteristics of a Good Theme Statement A successful theme statement must be general enough to capture the overall meaning of the work, but specific enough so that it conveys your unique interpretation. If your theme statement follows the following guidelines, and if you don't misread or misinterpret the work, you will be starting your essay on the right foot.

In a sense, every literary work makes a statement or has a point. When you create a theme statement, you're substituting your single sentence for the entire poem. That means that you have to simplify the meaning somewhat to get it into a single sentence, but nevertheless, your theme statement itself should make a point. The theme statement should be a complete sentence. "Love and death" (for example) is not a theme statement. It's just an announcement of the topic of the work. What in particular is the author saying about love and death?

A sentence like "The theme of the poem is love and death" is grammatically speaking a complete sentence, but if you remove the beginning of the sentence ("The theme of the poem is"), then you don't have a complete sentence, just a wordy announcement of the topic. The theme statement should describe the general meaning of the work, not the specific events, actions, or characters. The statement "Luke defeats Darth Vader" is not a theme statement but a plot summary. Instead of describing what the characters do, discuss what they represent ("Good defeats evil")

Often the theme statement takes the form of a moral or a judgement ("We cannot defeat an external evil until we acknowledge our own dark side"). Of course this overall theme results from what the characters do (or from the literal meaning of words in a poem), and in supporting your general interpretation, you should cite some of these specific details. The theme statement should reflect the values of the entire work, not just one or two episodes or lines. In particular, look at the end of the work to make sure that the story's outcome matches what you think its general meaning is.

Step Back What did you learn? How did you learn it?