Structural Features of Literature:
3.1. determine and articulate the relationship between expressed purposes
and characteristics of different forms of dramatic literature (comedy, tragedy,
drama, dramatic monologue)
Narrative Analysis:
3.2. determine a character's traits from what he/she says about himself/herself
(e.g., dramatic monologues, soliloquies)
3.3. compare works that express a universal theme, providing evidence
to support their ideas (e.g., Russell Baker's Growing Up and Ed Mclanahan's
Natural Man)
3.4. compare variants of complex folktales and develop theories to account
for similar tales in diverse cultures
3.5. recognize and understand the significance of a wide range of literary
elements and techniques, including figurative language, imagery, allegory,
and symbolism; and explain their appeal to a reader's senses and experiences
3.6. contrast points-of-view in narrative text and how they affect the
overall body of work (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient, subjective
vs. objective)
3.7. identify and describe the function of dialogue, scene design, soliloquies
and asides and character foils in dramatic literature
Literary Criticism:
3.8. evaluate the melodies of literary language and how an author's choice
of words and imagery creates tone and mood, and advances the work's theme |
Structural Features of Literature
3.1. compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic
across genres to explain how the selection of genre shapes the message
Narrative Analysis:
3.2. analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in
literary text (e.g., internal and external conflicts, motivations, relationships,
and influences) and how they affect the plot
3.3. trace the development of American Literature from the Colonial Period
forward, reading works of a variety of genres that were considered significant
in their day, (contrast the major periods and themes and describe the contributions
of different cultures)
3.4. interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions,
ironies and incongruities in text
3.5. explain how voice, persona, and narrator affect tone, characterization,
plot, and credibility
Literary Criticism:
3.6. evaluate the aesthetic qualities (beauty of the form, structure,
and words; and the power and effectiveness of an author's stylistic choices)
in works of poetry, drama, and fiction, using the terminology of literary
criticism (Aesthetic Approach) |
Structural Features of Literature:
3.1 analyze characteristics of genres such as satire, parody, allegory,
and pastoral that cut across the lines of basic genre classifications such
as poetry, prose, drama, novel, short story, or essay
Narrative Analysis:
3.2. analyze how the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view
or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claims (e.g.,
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Rudyard Kipling's
Kim)
3.3. analyze and trace an author's development of time and sequence,
including the use of complex literary devices such as foreshadowing and
flashbacks
3.4. distinguish between dynamic and static characters in fiction
3.5. analyze how irony, tone, mood, style and "sound" of language
are used for specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes
3.6. analyze ways in which poets use imagery, personification, figures
of speech, and sounds to elicit reader's emotions
Literary Criticism:
3.6. analyze the political assumptions in a selection of literary works
or essays on a topic for their clarity and consistency (e.g., women's suffrage
and women's place in organized labor) (Political Approach) |
Literary Elements:
3.1. analyze how authors over the centuries have used archetypes drawn
from myth and tradition in literature, film, political speeches, and religious
writings (e.g. how the archetypes of banishment from an ideal world may
be used to interpret the Shakespeare tragedy of Macbeth)
3.2. analyze works, from a variety of authors considered significant
in their day, that are representative of the major literary periods (e.g.,
Homeric Greece, Medieval Period, Romantic, Neoclassic, Modern), including
1) recognizing major literary forms and techniques and the characteristics
of major chronological eras
2) relating literary works and authors to major themes and issue of their
eras
3) analyzing the philosophical, political, ethical, and/or social influences
that have shaped characters' traits
Literary Criticism:
3.3. analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works,
determining whether or not the author's position has contributed to the
quality of the work and the believability of the characters (Philosophical
Approach) |
