Exploring Modernity and Human Behavior Through Questions of the Times
Delve into the essence of modernity, the resilience of ideals amidst catastrophe, honoring heritage, and the driving forces behind human behavior through thought-provoking questions. Discover the evolution of Modernism and its impact on society while pondering existential queries that spark introspection and contemplation.
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Questions of the Times 1.- What is MODERN? 2.- Can ideals survive CATASTROPHE? 3.- How can people honor HERITAGE? 4.- What drives HUMAN BEHAVIOR?
Questions of the Times 1.- What is MODERN? - What interests you about the traditions of your communities? - What do you enjoy about contemporary culture? - Why is technology important in your life? - Why do people often want the latest and most up-to- date models of computers, cell phones, music players?
Questions of the Times 2.- Can ideals survive CATASTROPHE? - List some events that have occurred in recent history. (World War I, The Great Depression) Severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s. Global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. 1910 - 1940
Questions of the Times 2.- Can ideals survive CATASTROPHE? - List some events that have occurred in recent history. (World War I, The Great Depression) How do you feel regarding the future? Do you feel hopeful or cynical about the future? Why?
Questions of the Times 3.- How can people honor HERITAGE? - Share how you celebrate or honor these aspects of your identity. Something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth An inherited lot or portion. The Harlem Renaissance: Name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York.
Questions of the Times 4.- What drives HUMAN BEHAVIOR? - Have you acted without thinking? - Have you carefully planned a Reason & Understanding particular action? Contrast: What motivates your behavior? Unconscious desires Freud: Austrian neurologist, known as the father of psychoanalysis.
What is Modernism ? It is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far- reaching transformations in Western Society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped Modernism were the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then by the horror of WWI. Modernism also rejected the certainty of Enlightenment thinking, and many modernists rejected religious belief.
The Age of Enlightenment or simply the Enlightenment or Age of Reason is an era from the 1620s to the 1780s in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority. It was promoted by philosophes and local thinkers in urban coffee houses and salons, and It challenged the authority of institutions that were deeply rooted in society, especially the Roman Catholic Church; there was much talk of ways to reform society with toleration, science and skepticism.
Read from page 865 to 867 Pay special attention, and write in your notebook about: - The Jazz age - Mass culture - The 19th Amendment - Mass production - The flapper - New ideas - The Prohibition - The Great Depression - The Dust Bowl - The New Deal
HOMEWORK: Read from page 865 to page 870
CLASSWORK: (pairs) from pages 868 to 869 1.- After Reading about The New Poetry, What were the concerns of poets at the beginning of the 20th century? 2.- Explain Modernism as a Literary movement. What characterized this movement and how did most modernists respond to mass society of the time? 3.- What did Ezra Pound mean by Make it new and what was Harriet Monroe s opini n about the new poetry. Explain. 4.- Explain what is Imagism, and Free Verse. What poets practiced it? 5.- Explain what is Objectivism. What does Williams mean when he says that there are no ideas but in things ?
from pages 871 to 873 1.- Explain who Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes were. 2.- What is the HR and what kicked it off as a Literary Movement? 3.- Was the HR only a Literary Movement? Explain who was Jacob Lawrence and describe his work. 4.- How was journalism characterized in the early twenties? Explain. 5.- What was known as the Great Migration? And How did the neighborhood of Harlem become a focal point for African- American Culture? 6.- After reading about Journalism and Literature: How did the American writers develop their craft? And How might reporting on war or labor help writers develop their fiction?
CLASSWORK: from pages 874 to 875 1.- Locate the events between 1911 and 1914. 2.- Identify the events between 1936 and 1940 3.- Why was the year 1913 an important one for poetry and art? 4.- Violence stirred in the years between 1910 and 1940. Give an example from each of the three main sections of the timeline which support this observation. 5.- Name three women of this period who gained recognition or breaking barriers in Literature, politics and science.
Langston Hughes Was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then- new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. 1902 - 1967 He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue" In vogue: in the current fashion or style.
After watching the short video, answer the following: 1.- When and why did Langston Hughes begin writing? 2.- What did he write in his autobiography about his own poetry? 3.- In the essay The negro artists and the racial mountain How did Hughes criticize other black writers? 4.- What would other black writers like Collin and Baldwin say about Hughes s work?
Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed beats. Rhythm is most commonly found in poetry, though it is also present in some works of drama and prose. The rhythm of a poem can be analyzed through the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in the line, and the arrangement of syllables based on whether they are long or short, accented or unaccented.
Repetition consists of repeating a word, phrase, or sentence, and is common in both poetry and prose. It is a rhetorical technique to add emphasis, unity, and/or power. Due to this definition of repetition, it is a common technique for orators to use. There have been examples of repetition throughout the course of human history, as it is a good way to help remember a story, particular lines of a story, or a story in song form.
A Simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words like or as . Therefore, it is a direct comparison. We can find simile examples in our daily speech. We often hear comments like John is as slow as a snail. Snails are notorious for their slow pace and here the slowness of John is compared to that of a snail. The use of as in the example helps to draw the resemblance. Some more examples of common similes are given below.
Refrain is a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections. It has originated from France, where it is popular as, refraindre, means to repeat. Refrain is a poetic device that repeats at regular intervals in different stanzas. However, sometimes, this repetition may involve only minor changes in its wording. It also contributes to the rhyme of a poem and emphasizes an idea through repetition.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers By Langston Hughes I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers By Langston Hughes Analyze: 1.- Why does he mention the rivers? Which rivers? 2.- What does his poetry try to capture? 3.- Repetition: I ve known rivers My soul has grown Deep like the rivers 4.- Active Verbs: Are there any? What do they show? 5.- Adjectives: Are they used pejoratively?
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston spent her early adulthood studying at various universities and collecting folklore from the South, the Caribbean and Latin America. She published her findings in Mules and Men. Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, rubbing shoulders with many of its famous writers. In 1937, she published her masterwork of fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston died in Florida in 1960. 1891 - 1960
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston 1.- Where did Hurston live until she was 13 years old? 2.- What was unique about this place? 3.- How were Northern and Southern whites different? 4.- How did the townspeople respond to Northerners differently than they did to Southerners?
Rhetorical Techniques Rhetoric is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. It is an art of discourse, which studies and employs various methods to convince, influence or please an audience. For instance, a person gets on your nerves, you start feeling irritated, and you say, Why don t you leave me alone? By posing such a question, you do not ask for a reason. Instead, you simply want him to stop irritating you. Thus, you direct language in a particular way for effective communication or make use of rhetoric.
Parallel Structure Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written. It is grammatically correct to ensure that phrases, clauses, and items on a list after a colon, use the correct parallel structure.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston 1.- Which lines have parallel structures? There is parallel construction in the phrases The native whites rode dusty horses, The town knew the Southerners and But the Northerners .
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston 2.- How do these comparisons help you understand more about Hurston and her hometown? Hurston uses comparisons to show how different people viewed the inhabitants of Eatonville, and how people of Eatonville viewed both Northerners and Southerners.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston 3.- From what you have read What makes you YOU? Nature or Nurture? How does Hurston behavior define her personality? What role does Hurston see for herself in her life? Her personality is defined as outgoing and dramatic, even though she shows a sense of humor. She sees herself as the star of her life s drama and does not seem sad about it.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston 1.- Where did Hurston go when she turned 13? 2.- How was she viewed differently in Jacksonville than in Eatonville ? 3.- What effect did her move have on Hurston s sense of self?
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston In Hurston s description, what kind of community was Eatonville? Eatonville is a very united and exclusively black community.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston What change did Hurston experience at 13? Her family situation changes, and she is sent to school in Jacksonville, where she is exposed to racial distinctions
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston What is Hurston s view on slavery? She says that slavery is part of the past. Close past, but past. The struggle that made her an American and no longer a slave was the worst part, but now she must go forth and not look back and feel sad.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston Main Idea Humanity is composed by people of all colors. Equal and beautiful. Race shapes Hurston s identity around white people. Otherwise, she defines herself by personality, not color.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston What effect is created by Hurston s use of rhetorical techniques? In lines 30-31, repetition shows how much Hurston belonged to her town and country. Parallel structure and repetition in lines 64-67 and 68-85 show that even surrounded by white people, she remains loyal in her identity, and the power of music evokes her African roots, respectively.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston Experiences and traits she considers distinctively African-American. - Humor (lines 22-23) - A strong sense of community (lines 13-22) - A passionate response to music (lines 65-85)
How It Feels to Be Colored Me By Zora Neale Hurston Analogy: What is being compared? - The bags represent different skin colors. - The Great Stuffer of bags is a higher being (God). - The bag s contents are unique personalities. The message is that people should be evaluated by traits, not by color.
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