Transcript Awakening intro powerpoint

The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
Setting
• 1899- Victorian period-strict codes of
conduct- especially in the upper classesand especially with regard to sexualityDarwin and Freud were major players
• Rural isolation of- beach community of
Grand Isle, LA
• Urban hustle- Esplanade Street and the
French Quarter
The People:
Presbyterian Southerner
and the Catholic Creoles
• The Presbyterian Southerner (from Kentucky)– Edna and her family
• The Creoles- Leonce and his friends
- Descendants of French and Spanish settlers born in LA (in Awakening)
OR
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Mixed Spanish, French, African (free coloreds)- born in Louisiana
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Free people of color who lived alongside the European settlers
OR
Map of Louisiana
The home in the city
Grand Isle- The vacation
home
Symbol Alert
Try your hand at some predictions now.
• Art
• Birds
• Food; Dining
• Swimming and Water
• Music
• Sleep and Awakening
Carefully consider…
the ending because it is typical, yet
ambiguous… Hmmmmmmmm. Be
ready to discuss your view on what
actually happens here and why and
be able to relate it to the theme.
Keeps these topics (which are motifs at this point) in mind and try to
formulate themes around the topics. Themes are complete sentences not morals or clichés, but rather what the author is communicating to
us about society, human nature, the time period … Not all of them will
be applicable to you- these are NOT the only ideas out there, so please
formulate your own ideas as well.
Repression
Personal freedom
Role of women
Search for self
Alienation and loneliness
Consequences of choice
Keep in mind the critical theories we have been
discussing as well. Be ready to discuss what you
have read in terms of all 3 lenses. These are
outlined in your text.
•Marxist
•Feminist
•Psychoanalytic
Always consider…
• your short story units and your notes on
– pov, characterization, setting, structure/ organization,
symbolism, tone, and theme
– Foster
– Note progression, trace themes, note transformations– it is
called The Awakening!!
• trusting your judgment. Trustworthy outside sources
should be used to supplement your reading- not replace
it.
Please check out
http://www.loyno.edu/~kc
hopin/
GO, LOYOLA!!!!!
You will be writing an open response or a
prose-passage response for this work, so
please read carefully and takes notes in
your novel section, or maybe on stickies or
by highlighting and jotting down noteworthy
analytical insights.
Pg #s will facilitate discussion.
Novella discussion dates begin
October 26th