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Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.
-
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's dream 

Essential Questions
1. What about love and relationships has captured the imaginations of poets and writers throughout the ages?
2. Why are readers drawn to love stories, even when they so often end in tears?
3. How have the changing roles of men and women in society affected views on romantic love and relationships?
4. How do authors use the emotions of love and hate as themes in literature?
5. How do these emotions influence characters in literature?
6. What are the consequences each character faces as a result of acting on these emotions?
7. How do the literary works covered in class relate to our lives?
8. What lessons about expressing emotions such as love and hate are offered in the literary works covered in this course?
9. How do authors use literature as social commentary?
10. Does love require sacrifice?
11. What is the relationship between love and trust or between love and loyalty?
12. What are the boundaries of love and sacrifice, and where does one draw the line between them?


Unit Reading List

CLASSIC TEXTS
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for
Serious People

Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
MODERN TEXT
Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek
SHORT FICTION
Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog
Katherine Mansfield, Bliss
William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
Dagoberto Gilb, Love in L.A.
POETRY
Sir Thomas Wyatt, They flee from me
Sir Philip Sidney, Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust
John Donne, The Flea
Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Lord Byron, She walks in Beauty
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Love is not all
Margaret Atwood, Siren Song
Elizabeth Bishop, One Art
Robert Penn Warren, True Love
Billy Collins, Weighing the Dog
Jane Hirshfield, This was once a love poem
PAIRED POEMS
William Shakespeare, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like
the sun

Pablo Neruda, Mi fea, Soneta XX
Pablo Neruda, My ugly love, Sonnet XX
VISUAL TEXT
Gustav Klimt, The Kiss
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Short Story on a Painting of Gustav Klimt
CONVERSATION
Courtship—The Rules of Engagement
Annie Finch on Writing
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Gustav Klimt, The Kiss
(c. 1907-1908, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 180 x 180 cm)

Reading Schedule (Subject to Change)



Agenda
Mon 2-22
     -Introduction to Jane Eyre
     -website overview
     -thematic thread
     -HW: please read Introduction through Chapter 2.

Tues 2-23
     -Read JE Chs. 3 and 4

Wed 2-24
     -
     -HW: Vocab Week 23
​

Multi-Media Resources

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Click on the photo to the left to go to  the site for the Brontë Parsonage Museum and the Brontë Society and contains some useful information.


Godey's Lady's Book

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Click on the print to the left to go to a collection of materials. sample, and issues of Godey's Lady's Book. As you browse through the illustrations, ponder the societal rules that governed women's thoughts, actions, and needs. Be prepared to connect these to Jane Eyre and "The Importance of Being Earnest."

Jane Eyre and the Victorian Age

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Click on the logo to the left to go to a good general site for Victorian literature, with specialised information on a variety of contextual topics as well as individual authors.


The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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Click on the image to the left to go to the Book Drum (illustrated annotation) link of Jean Rhys’s vivid prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s classic which chart the descent of the spirited young Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway, first wife of Edward Rochester, to the despairing and deranged Bertha Mason, Jane Eyre’s madwoman in the attic. -Book Drum.com 

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FForde

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Click on the image to the left to go to the Book Drum (illustrated annotation) link of this Jane Eyre retelling. The Eyre Affair combines fantasy, adventure, satire and suspense, throws reality out the window, and stretches the imagination in every conceivable direction. If you’ve ever chuckled over Terry’s Pratchett’s Discworld novels, or wished that Douglas Adams had written more Dirk Gently books, you’re going to be thrilled to meet Thursday Next. This leather-jacketed, rule-bending heroine will make you see the literary classics in a whole new light, introduce you to the people behind the star-studded character lists, and have you biting your nails as she fights for all that’s good and familiar against monstrous bad-guys (one corporate, one supernatural, both very nasty indeed).- Book Drum.com

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

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Click the photo to the left to hear an assorted cast read The Importance of Being Earnest on Librivox

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Criminal Indecency: the court transcripts

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Click the photo at the left to go to a website that has a the court proceedings for Oscar Wilde's trial for criminal indecency

Sandra Cisneros on Writing

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Click the photos to the left and below to hear Sandra Cisneros read from her story “Eleven” and discuss her background and writing with the Lannan Foundation.

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Sandra Cisneros on the Influence of Language on Writing

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Click on the photo to the left to hear “Intersections, When Languages Collide,” on NPR: Sandra Cisneros discusses the influence of the Spanish language on her writing.

"The Lady with the Little Dog" by Anton Chekhov

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Click the photo to the left to hear Jean Sherrard read “The Lady with the Little Dog” for the NPR Playhouse.

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"A Rose for Emily" by Williams Faulkner

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Click the print to the left to hear Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast present an audiobook version of William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.”

"They Flee from Me" by Thomas Wyatt

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Click the image to the left to hear Eric Portman read Thomas Wyatt’s poem “They Flee from Me” for poetictouchannel.

"The Flea" by John Donne

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Click the image to the left to hear Richard Burton read John Donne’s “The Flea” for poetictouch

"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick

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Click the image to the left to hear Argos MacCallum read Robert Herrick’s poem, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” for LoudLit.org.

A Portrait of Lord Byron

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Click the image to the left to hear “Letters Offer an Intimate Portrait of Poet Lord Byron” on NPR: Dr. Gabriel Heaton of Sotheby's discusses the letters between Lord Byron and a clergyman named Francis Hodgson.

"Love Is Not All" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Click the photo to the left to see a reading of “Love Is Not All” by Edna St. Vincent Millay by Tyn Daly.

"Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood

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Click the photo to the left to hear "Siren Song" on PublicRadio's Writer's Almanac.

"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

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Click on the photo to the left to hear Zachariah Wells read “One Art” on Community Audio.

Elizabeth Bishop Yale University Lecture

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Click on the logo to the left to watch Professor Langdon Hammer lecture on Elizabeth Bishop for Yale’s Modern Poetry Open Course (lecture #1)

Elizabeth Bishop Yale University Lecture

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Click on the logo to the left to watch Professor Langdon Hammer lecture on Elizabeth Bishop for Yale’s Modern Poetry Open Course (lecture #2)

"Weighing the Dog" by Billy Collins

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Click on the photo to the left to hear Billy Collins discuss the importance and relevance of poetry.

"This was once a love poem" by Jane Hirshfield

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Click on the photo to the left to see Jane Hirshfield discuss poetry’s role, her first encounters with writing, and her work with PlumTV.

Paired Poems

"My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" by William Shakespeare

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Click on the photo at left to hear Alan Rickman read "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun."

"My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" by William Shakespeare

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Click on the photo to the left to see Allison Strong read "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" as one of the Best Practices of Poetry Out Loud. Hers is the fourth video down on the page.

"My Ugly Love"/"Mi fea" sonnet XX by Pablo Neruda

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Click on the photo to the left to hear NPR present several readings of Neruda’s poem and a glimpse at his life and legacy.

Visual Text

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss

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Click on the image to the left to see a Vienna tourism ad make use of Klimt’s painting.

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss

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 Click on the image to the left to see Lawrence Ferlinghetti read several of his poems for UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems Series.

Conversations

“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell

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Click on the print to the left to see Damien Lewis perform Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” in a modern interpretation, for a Valentine’s Day poetry special on BBC 2.

"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell

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Click on the image to the left o go to Virtualit-Poetry to explore "To His Coy Mistress" by ANdrew Marvell

“Coy Mistress” by Annie Finch

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Click on the photo to the left to hear Michael Maglaras read five of Annie Finch’s poems after meeting the poet.

“Coy Mistress” by Annie Finch

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Click on the photo to the left to visit a list of links to interviews and other media on Annie Finch’s website.

Charles Dickens, from Our Mutual Friend  

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Click on the image to the left to hear a reading of Our Mutual Friend on Librivox.

"Is Arranged Marriage Really Any Worse Than Craigslist?" by Anita Jain

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Click on the photo to the left to see Anita Jain discuss her memoir on looking for a husband by more traditional means on MSNBC.


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