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A very common thread I’ve seen run through many of the poems we’ve studied this semester is British Nationalism and Social Darwinism, this is seen a lot in Victorian Era poetry; a good example of this is in The Charge of the Light Brigade. The poem discusses a battle in which 600 men charged intoContinue reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 8 May 2020 Gothic Fiction in Relation to Northanger Abbey             As we have learned through this unit, Gothic fiction emerged from Romanticism, which was one of the popular styles of writing for English literature throughout the 19th century. Due to the Gothic literary movement’s origins, Gothic literature sharesContinue reading “Northanger Abbey Blog Post”

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 5 May 2020 “The Adventures of the Speckled Band” and it’s Relation to Realism             Realism within the Victorian Era is characterized by its aim to create a new style of literature that celebrates the ordinary details of everyday life and a deeper focus on the individual all inContinue reading “Victorian Era Blog”

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 7 May 2020 Final Blog Post             If I were to teach one literary work form this semester and only one, I would choose to teach Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison”. Due to this texts form, its use of fairly easily understandable vocabular along withContinue reading “Final Blog Post”

            If I were given the opportunity to teach one of the pieces, we have read this semester I would teach Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” I would teach this story at a college level. I would choose this particular text because Sherlock Holms’ adventures are intellectual, interesting and fun.Continue reading “Teaching Sherlock Holms”

If I had the opportunity to teach anything from this course to any grade level of my choosing I would teach “Lucy Gray” by William Wordsworth in a High School English Class. I would teach this piece during a unit structured around either poetry or creative writing because I believe it would help my studentsContinue reading “Teaching “Lucy Gray””

In preparing for a classroom of collegiate undergraduates in a Gothic Literature course, lower division, I would put a heavy focus upon this novel during a midway between the classical Gothic Literature and the transition into the 20th century thinking, using it as a segway of ideas. My reason for choosing this goes beyond justContinue reading “Teaching Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”

Over the course of the semester, we have read a lot of different stories, poems, novellas, etc. One thing that became extremely clear to me was that no matter what time in history we were looking at, there always seemed to be some kind of discrimination against women. This was especially apparent during the romanticismContinue reading “Final Blog Post: Social Issue”

If I had the opportunity to teach any piece of literature from this course, it would be Hearts and Flowers by Tomson Highway. It is a beautifully written story that tackles a lot of big issues and themes within its few pages that would make for thought provoking discussions and study in a high schoolContinue reading “Teaching “Hearts and Flowers””

If I had the opportunity to teach any piece of literature from this course, I would choose to teach the selection from Decolonizing the Mind, by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o.  Britain’s colonial empire was quite extensive, and their culture pervasive, disrupting the life and culture of millions of people over decades of rule. I think thatContinue reading “Teaching “Decolonizing the Mind””