40 minute compositions!!! NO problem. Well done.
Tonight and subsequently over the next month, read 10 pages of Joyce per night. Look for and highlight the following:
examples of stream of consciousness
examples of diction to reflect the character's age and how the character thinks and feels (sensations)
key motifs--sex, religion, artist's role, extremism, music, myth of Icarus
key passages--memorable passages, conflicts, etc which reveal the character's progression
If you are unfamiliar with Catholicism, look at this site: http://carm.org/catholic-terminology
To become more familiar with the Irish resistance movement, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stewart_Parnell
We're starting a poetry unit next class.
