Seniors Taking the Exam

You must know the following:

Alfred Lord Tennyson (literary period and poems done in class)
William Wordsworth (literary period and poems done in class)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (literary period and poems done in class)
Matthew Arnold (literary period and poems done in class)
William Blake--know too that he was an artist (literary period and poems done in class)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (literary period and poems done in class)
T. S. Eliot (literary period and poems done in class)
Thomas Paine (literary period and writings)

Oscar Wilde (literary period and novel)
Joseph Conrad (literary period, background, and novella)
Mary Wollstonecraft (literary period and famous works read in class)
Edmund Burke (literary period and famous works read in class)
Mary Shelley (literary period and famous works read in class)
George Bernard Shaw (literary period and famous works read in class)

Sonnet

Conceit

Id, Ego, and Superego

Archetypes: Alter-ego, Shadow, Anima/Animus, Scapegoat, Hero, Fool

Nietzsche: Superman--Apollo and Dionysus

Names of characters from various works read.

Know what characterizes a romantic poem.

Know what characterizes a Victorian poem.

Dorian Gray and Heart of Darkness:

Know major events, characters, and themes. I strongly recommend that you review the blog for the past semester. Anything on the blog is fair game.

The essay question refers to Heart of Darkness.

Week of June 1, 2009

Tuesday:

If I have all the permission slips, we will watch "Apocalypse Now." If I do not, we will watch either "Into the West" or "A Man for All Seasons."

If students don't want to do either, you may read James Joyce's short story, "The Dead." Answer questions that I will give you.

Thursday:
Either finish the movie or the assignment.