a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
I know that the phrase "to be or not to be" comes from a soliloquy that Hamlet says. Also that he is struggling with his feelings after his father died and his mom married his uncle (his dad's brother).
b) What do you know about Shakespeare?
I Know that he is the author of Romeo and Juliet, he wrote tragic dramas, and that his works are hard to understand.
c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
Because Shakespeare has a bad reputation with students. When they hear his name, students connotate him with difficult to read plays that are boring. (is it just me?)
d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
We can have disscusions to make sure we can understand the text and we can find the way to relate the play with our lifes.
HEY! ! ! Welcome to my blog! My name is Maria Luna. Here, I will be posting things from my expository composition and my AP English class. I am a firm believer of the saying "It's not what you say but how you say it." With that in mind, feel free to comment or add to the posts in here.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
LITERARY FICTION & EMPATHY (AP English)
."..after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone’s body language or gauge what they might be thinking...The researchers say the reason is that literary fiction often leaves more to the imagination, encouraging readers to make inferences about characters and be sensitive to emotional nuance and complexity."
*This part of the article made me think about what I learned in my child developmental psychology. I learned that the female brain has a better connection between the two lopes, making them better at recognizing emotions. I think that since the number of women tested is unknown, there is a possibility that the reason that people were better at identifying emotions is because they were women.
*Since the expository class I'm taking focuses on nonfiction...should the curriculum be changed?
*When I read fiction or nonfiction, I feel sympathy towards the character regardless of the genre of the book.
*In the article it says, "Maybe popular fiction is a way of dealing more with one’s own self, maybe, with one’s own wants, desires, needs.” Does this mean that people who enjoy popular nonfiction are selfish and/or egocentric?
*This part of the article made me think about what I learned in my child developmental psychology. I learned that the female brain has a better connection between the two lopes, making them better at recognizing emotions. I think that since the number of women tested is unknown, there is a possibility that the reason that people were better at identifying emotions is because they were women.
*Since the expository class I'm taking focuses on nonfiction...should the curriculum be changed?
*When I read fiction or nonfiction, I feel sympathy towards the character regardless of the genre of the book.
*In the article it says, "Maybe popular fiction is a way of dealing more with one’s own self, maybe, with one’s own wants, desires, needs.” Does this mean that people who enjoy popular nonfiction are selfish and/or egocentric?
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