Literary themes and where to find them

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Research Project

1. Group assignment
2. Individual marks
3. Requires extensive reading
4. Start on time, don't slack
5.  Always refer back to the booklet if you're confused (It's on Teams!)

Important:

1. You're all responsible for the end product
2. You'll have to work at home as well
3. All reading except for the book is provided by the teacher
4. Reading is done at home as homework
5. Doing the homework is half the battle
6. You're all smart and great students, you'll be okay! 

Literary elements and where to find them

• Goals for today:
• Enjoy some literature
• Learn about themes & elements
• Form groups (and figure out which literature you'll read)
• Figure out what's next on the schedule for the foreseeable future

What is literature?

What 8 literary elements do they mention in the article?

Read the article below:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/literary-devices/literary-elements/#:~:text=Literary%20elements%20are%20essential%20components,questions%2C%20it's%20an%20incomplete%20story 

What is a theme?

• Underlying messages
• Big  ideas

Some examples:

• Coming of age
• Betrayal
• Loyalty
• Justice and power

Can you think of a book, poem, story(tv show/movie) that you know with any of these themes?
* Friendship, betrayal, coming of age, love, sickness and death*

Themes

A story can have multiple themes.

Try to figure out which elements feel most important.

Usually it's obvious, sometimes it's more hidden away in the text.

Let's read together

Before we begin: What is the story of red riding hood? 

Who is bad, who is good and who saves who?

• Interesting old literature facts:
• Forests are dangerous and often related to magic and crime (People were afraid of the forest and life outside of civilization)
• Women were often powerless and there to be saved or married.
• Some older feminist literature exists like "Orlando".
• Some very powerful women exist even in medieval literature (Morgan Le Fay)

Red Riding Hood but politically correct

A modern re-telling of an old story.

Try to figure out any themes you might recognize.

Remember that themes are usually one or only a few words to describe an idea.

Read the story at this link: 

https://philip.greenspun.com/zoo/red-riding-hood

What themes are in the story according to you? You can share multiple ideas!

Typo or not?

Do you reckon "womyn" is a typo by the author or not?

Why could the author have chosen to say "womyn" instead of "woman" in a politically correct story?

What did you think?

What's your opinion on this story?

What type of story do you think this is?

What do you think the author intended to do with this re-telling?

What to expect next:

Research project 4H.

Reading and disecting some literature!

Shaping opinions and insights into the written world.

Presenting your findings to the class.

Eventually the project will be awarded with a grade (telt 2x mee)

You can find all information in your booklet.

The rubric is available on Teams!