We also need to discuss the three movements in Huckleberry Finn and revisit the first 8 episode, and traditional plot.
Unit Learning Goal: Students
will demonstrate knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American
Literature by analyzing satire in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and relating one of its main
themes to another text and issue of the time.
TEXTS:
“Historical and Context of the transition from Romanticism
to Realism”; selected poetry by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson; excerpts from
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglas; “The Gettysburg Address”, “The Emancipation Proclamation”,
“Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address”; The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By the end of the novel students will be able to
1)
Define realism, satire, dialect, antihero,
unreliable narrator, irony (situational, dramatic, and verbal), episodic plot,
romanticism, dramatic foils, hyperbole, motif, picaresque novel, parable,
sarcasm, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, allegory, euphemism, bildungroman
2)
Pick out examples of symbols, irony and dialect
3)
Example the meaning of at least one major symbol
4)
Discuss how Huck is both an unreliable narrator
and an antihero
5)
Discuss how Huckleberry Finn, the novel, fits
both a bildungsroman and picaresque novel
6)
Give examples of and discuss the following
motifs in the book: superstition, parodies of previous literature (romantic
novels and Shakespeare), the adopting of personas (or reinventing self),
childhood games, religion, lies and cons, death, and perhaps one or two others
that I will bring up in class
7)
Be out to pick out and example five – ten
allusions
8)
Outline the plot according to the six elements
9)
Break up the book into three sections or three
movements (and briefly explain each movement)
10)
Break up the book into 9 episodes
11)
Give a list of characters in the book with a
brief description of each and their general purpose in the novel
12)
Compare and Contrast Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer
13)
Discuss the idea of and the historical reference
of Family Feuds
14)
Discuss the different types of conflict found in
Huckleberry Finn
15)
Discuss how Mark Twain uses allusions to back up
his major themes and develop his characters
16)
Keep a
list of Huckleberry Finns stories and pranks
17)
Discuss how Huckleberry Finn is honest in
dishonest world
18)
Briefly explain the following themes: Racism and
Slavery, Intellectual and Moral Education, The hypocrisy of society (appearance
vs. reality), conflict between the individual and society, the quest for freedom
(both freedom away from society and freedom within society), superstition vs
religion, death and rebirth, coming of age and the hero’s journey, the concept
of family, the role of the outsider, the nature and the significance of the
following traits: gullibility, ignorance, and naivety, tolerance vs.
prejudice.
19)
Define and use various vocabulary words that
appear in the book
20)
Develop a project based on some aspect of the
novel.
21)
Answer study questions as you read.
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