Romanticism: Transcendentalism and Politics 2b 2008
For Thurs--Finish Walden; vocabulary Day
For Fri--Test on Romanticism through Walden
For Mon. (Nov 17)--Thoreau’s political influence: Civil DisobedienceRead Thoreau “Civil Disobedience” (210-18) and handout version. See voc 210. In class, fill in outline of his argument, know paradox.
For Tues. (Day 18) Finish “Civil Disobedience”
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Credit (out of class) Transcendental Music Day Bring CD of a song which has Transcendental messages. Write (preferably type, double space) a paragraph in which you identify characteristics of Transcendentalism in the song and quote passages from the song which support your point. Use a slash [/] to divide lines. One example is “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas.(Do not use songs which contain profanity or obscenity.) Use the singer’s or writer’s last name: Parton (not Dolly). Use present tense (literature lives).Include a copy of the lyrics (the words).
At the end, give as Documentation:
Singer/musical group. “Song Title in Quotes.” Name of the album. Record company
copyright date.
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For Wed. (Day 19)Read Gandhi (219) and Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” (221-26) and handout version. Effective appeals: logical and emotional, rhetorical devices
Write answers to one of these questions in detailed paragraphs with specific evidence (Q 1-5 on 223-24).
For Thurs. Mechanics Ch. 5
For Fri. EssaydueRespond to this question: In what ways is Thoreau a Romantic? You should use “Civil Disobedience” as well as Walden to support your thesis. Look at Characteristics of the Romantic period on page 143 and use at least 2 quotes in a 400 word essay. See 665+ for analysis and 535+ for doc.
1. Format: name/English 11H/Dec. 3, 2008 in upper left hand corner and title (not in quotes or underlined) centered . Type essay double-spaced 12 point font. Write word count at end of paper. (You can find under Tools in Word.)
2. Have a Works Cited which lists all the sources you have used. It should be double spaced and it should look like this:
Works Cited
Arpin. Gary Q. “American Romanticism.” Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Holt, Rinehart
and Winston 2005. 138-49.
Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” Handout.
Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 2005.212-216.
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden: Life in the Woods.Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 2005.193-204.
3. Cite sources in the paper--In your paper, when you are using a specific quote by Thoreau or any general idea even one which you paraphrase of Arpin’s, (1) introduce who said it and the general context (2) at the end give book (if more than one source by an author); and the page in parentheses.
For example: Thoreau believes a person’s life should be as uncomplicated as possible. He says, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred . . .” (Walden 196).
Thoreau in “Civil Disobedience” argues, “[quotation]” (Holt, 212). [Tell which version.]
Arpin quotes Thoreau’s mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson as saying “Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.” (qtd. 147) Thoreau would have reacted to this by saying: Everything in nature is both spiritual—and very physically concrete.
4. Process--Review the sources; develop a thesis; take notes and do an outline; write a rough draft; final draft. Turn in everything.