Folder in Instituto de Letras

The Text by Philip Hobsbaum. Metre, Rhythm and Verse form is on the folder at the Xerox in Instituto de Letras.

Please, before anything, check the blog and the folder.

Texto "O Narrador"

http://www.dubitoergosum.xpg.com.br/a389.htm

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Poetry Activities

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A)     Hobsbaum, Philip. Metre, Rhythm and Verse form.

1.      What is Terzza Rima? What does it consist of?

2.      Who was the Italian poet who conceived this form?

3.      Cite two examples of famous poems written with Terzza Rima?

4.      What is a Ballad? What is it composed of?

5.      When the Ballad was originally conceived?

6.      Which literary movement recovered the Ballad?

7.      What is a Sonnet?

8.      What is the difference between the Italian and the English sonnet?

9.      What is a haiku? What does it consist of?

10.  Where does it come from?

B)    Research

1.      What is a Limerick? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

2.      What is an Ode? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

3.      What is a Villanelle? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

4.      What is a Rondeau? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

5.      What is an Anacreontic verse? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

6.      What is a Chain Verse? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

7.      What is a Triolet? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

8.      What is a Canzone? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

C)    Research

1.      What is Metre?

2.      What are the common Metres in English?

3.      What is a line? How lines can be classified?

4.      What is a stanza? How stanzas can be classified?

D)    Poem Analysis

1.      What is the main idea of the poem “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day”?

2.      What is the difference between Marlow’s “Come live with me and be my love” and John Donne’s “The Bait”?

3.      What is the main idea of John Donne’s “The Flea”?

4.      What is the difference between Shakespeare and John Donne’s world view? Justify your answer with examples from the poems.

5.      Which is more relevant to a contemporary reader? John Donne’s or Shakespeare’s poems?

Short Story activities

ATIVIDADES: Atenção, quem não entregou as atividades do dia 21 de Março, poderá entregá-las com as atividades abaixo. Depois de 11-04, NÃO aceitarei mais nenhuma atividade e o aluno ficará com zero.

ATENÇÃO: Está proibida a consulta indevida de internet ou livros. Se for utilizar uma fonte externa, citar entre aspas com o nome do autor entre parênteses. O uso indevido de citações (sem referências bibliográficas) é crime e resultará na reprovação do aluno.

1.       What is the plot of “News of Paris” by Scott Fitzgerald? How is it different from “Murder’s in the Rue Morgue” and “Little Things”?

2.       Who are the main characters of “News of Paris? How do they interact?

3.       Who is the narrator of “News of Paris”? Use the Walter Benjamin’s ideas on the story teller?

4.       According to Piglia, a short story always tells two stories. Which are the two stories in “News of Paris”? Give examples with excerpts from the text.

5.       How is Paris constructed through the text?

6.       What is the plot of “A Little Cloud”? How is it different from “News of Paris”?

7.       Who are the main characters of “A Little Cloud”? How is the setting? How is Dublin different from London?

8.       Which are the two stories of “A Little Cloud”?

9.       Who is the narrator of “A Little Cloud”? Use the Walter Benjamin’s ideas on the story teller?

10.   Based on Cortazar’s idea of intensity and tension, how are they constructed in “The Storm” by Kate Chopin?

11.   Which are the two stories in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”?

12.   How about the narrator of “The Storm”? Use the Walter Benjamin’s ideas on the story teller?

13.   Which of the three short stories you read aligned with the theoretical principles we studied in class? Justify your answer with examples.