American Literature: The Short Story Week Eight by Chrisy Dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71 en-us 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC 2019-06-28 08:45:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Pam Houston chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237201 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237201 Learning Outcome chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237203 By the end of the session, you will be able confidently discuss the short story as a form that helps the writer and the reader to explore our lives and make sense of the world.]]> 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237203 Aims Darlington And Newcastle Groups chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237204 To read and analyse Pam Houston's 'The Best Girlfriend You Never Had'
 and 'Double Birthday' by Willa Cather.  

We will also review the course and celebrate our learning.]]> 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237204 Pam Houston 'The Best Girlfriend You Never Had' chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237205 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237205 Millennium chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237207 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237207 Willa Cather chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237211 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237211 chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237215 ‘I guess I don't believe you can have it all. I don't believe any of us can. In fact, I believe the very expression having it all is not only a myth but also a symptom of how sick we are in our contemporary culture. Nobody gets to have it all...You will have one thing or another depending on what choice you make. Or you will have both things in limited amounts, and that might turn out to be perfect, just exactly the life you want']]> 2019-06-26 07:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369237215 Pam Houston chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369238923 2019-06-26 08:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369238923 fin de siècle chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369239978 2019-06-26 08:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369239978 Degeneration by Max Nordau chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369240300 2019-06-26 08:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369240300 Max Nordau chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369240840 Books and works of art exercise a powerful suggestion on the masses. It is from these productions that an age derives its ideals of morality and beauty. If they are absurd and anti-social, they exert a disturbing and corrupting influence on the views of a whole generation.]]> 2019-06-26 08:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369240840 Class Activities chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369241135
  • Watch Millenium
  • Discuss the ideas of Millenium, Fin de Siecle, Decadence, Degeneration and Ennui
  • Analyse Pam Houston's short story - small group work.
  • Celebration of our learning
  • Analyse Willa Cather's short story.
    • ]]>     2019-06-26 08:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369241135     Willa Cather chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369242332 2019-06-26 08:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369242332 Willa Cather chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369242721 Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years]]> 2019-06-26 08:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369242721 Willa Cather chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243037 2019-06-26 08:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243037 Willa Cather chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243164 2019-06-26 08:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243164 Ennui chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243324 A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement]]> 2019-06-26 08:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369243324 Decadence chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369541206 2019-06-28 08:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369541206 The Yellow Book chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542135 2019-06-28 08:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542135 The Picture of Dorian Gray chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542388 2019-06-28 08:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542388 Against Nature chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542556 2019-06-28 08:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542556 Baudelaire chrisy_dennis https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542779 2019-06-28 08:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisy_dennis/e6yqyu5upi71/wish/369542779