Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Short Wednesdays are back! Wow!

Today's agenda:

AP Lit: Further discussion of Heart of Darkness with reference to the quote from Achebe. In a 1975 speech at the University of Massachusets, the Nigerian novelist claimed that Conrad is a "bloody racist." Can we find text evidence in H of D to support or refute that assertion, and the further claim that the novel is not a work of art?

GIV: Check-reading test for Orwell's 1984. Essay format; bring a pen and a lot of energy.

GII: We're going to review the first forty literary terms today, and place them in context. Our Author of the Day today will be Mark Leyner.