National Board Certification: English
Language Arts: Early Adolescence
Discuss Farce
Goofy, slapstick comedy. Characters are ridiculous or fantastical. Plot
has improbable events, twists, coincidence, mistaken identity,
deceptions. Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors.
How Classical definition of comedy differs from Contemporary
Ancient Greek comedy only happy ending. Classical definition tells
story of main characters rise. Comic figures sympathetic and humble
origins.
,Discuss Romantic Comedy
One of most popular. Humor, happy ending, love. Often involve two
people destined to face obstacle getting together. Cinderella, Princess
Bride, Much Ado About Nothing
Discuss & Define Pastoral Novels
Idealize country life as idyllic and utopian. Greek Longus, Daphnis &
Chloe influenced Lodge Rosalynde, which influenced Shakespeare As
You Like It. 20th century version became less idyllic, demonstrating
urban ills. Bellow's Herzog.
,Describe the characteristics of Drama
In the Middle Ages - composed in verse. In Renaissance - mixed prose,
rhymed/blank verse. Costumes - Greek, Medieval, mystery &
Renaissance. Always talk to the audience. Elizabethan - colloquial
prose, stylized verse.
Discuss Realism literary form
Goal is to represent reality. Reaction to Romanticism. Focus on time,
place, character, actions & consequences, middle class, ethical issues.
, Discuss novel of manners
Explore social behaviors of specific time and place. Jane Austen is a
great example.
Discuss Bildungsroman
Education novel or coming of age. Examples are Dicken's Great
Expectations and Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
Discuss Epistolary Novels
Novels told in the form of letters. Richardson's Pamela and Becket's
Krapps Last Tape are examples.
Language Arts: Early Adolescence
Discuss Farce
Goofy, slapstick comedy. Characters are ridiculous or fantastical. Plot
has improbable events, twists, coincidence, mistaken identity,
deceptions. Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors.
How Classical definition of comedy differs from Contemporary
Ancient Greek comedy only happy ending. Classical definition tells
story of main characters rise. Comic figures sympathetic and humble
origins.
,Discuss Romantic Comedy
One of most popular. Humor, happy ending, love. Often involve two
people destined to face obstacle getting together. Cinderella, Princess
Bride, Much Ado About Nothing
Discuss & Define Pastoral Novels
Idealize country life as idyllic and utopian. Greek Longus, Daphnis &
Chloe influenced Lodge Rosalynde, which influenced Shakespeare As
You Like It. 20th century version became less idyllic, demonstrating
urban ills. Bellow's Herzog.
,Describe the characteristics of Drama
In the Middle Ages - composed in verse. In Renaissance - mixed prose,
rhymed/blank verse. Costumes - Greek, Medieval, mystery &
Renaissance. Always talk to the audience. Elizabethan - colloquial
prose, stylized verse.
Discuss Realism literary form
Goal is to represent reality. Reaction to Romanticism. Focus on time,
place, character, actions & consequences, middle class, ethical issues.
, Discuss novel of manners
Explore social behaviors of specific time and place. Jane Austen is a
great example.
Discuss Bildungsroman
Education novel or coming of age. Examples are Dicken's Great
Expectations and Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
Discuss Epistolary Novels
Novels told in the form of letters. Richardson's Pamela and Becket's
Krapps Last Tape are examples.
