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trans•ac•tion•al pa•lav•er: January 29, 2008

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Transactional (adj, chiefly psych): relating to an interaction of an individual with one or more other persons, esp. as influenced by their assumed relational roles of parent, child, or adult.

Palaver (noun): a conference or discussion; sometimes persuasive talk or idle chatter.

This is the hub, the core, the crux, the nub, the nitty-gritty thrust and pith of where it’s at in English III these days. Your blogs should be set up by now and you should be ready to start work. I will lead you through the process as you build your sites, add content, links, images, and more. So let’s get started.

Here is your charge. Using one of the handouts I gave you, “Some Attributes of Modernist Literature,” find an attribute of Modernist literature that interests you. For example, are you interested in the experimentation with narrative perspective? How about the exploration of the interior or symbolic landscape? What about the use of time? Look over the handout and find an entry point that will allow you to explore the material. This entry point is the theme, or unifying concept, around which you will build the content of your blog. We will be studying rather intensively over the next few weeks the following, which will help you in your decision making:

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “The Hollow Men,” Four Quartets: “Little Gidding (V)” and The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot.

So, first things first. Pick a unifying concept and start thinking about why that particular element interests you.

Ms. Baz

Comments»

1. meemsies - January 30, 2008: Mrs. Bazinet, I just want to say weblogging for English class is soooo alacrity.
2. Ms. Baz - January 30, 2008: It is, isn’t it? I can feel the alacrity in the room, too! 😉
3. meemsies - January 31, 2008: Yeaaaaaaaaaah hahahah
4. bgemme - January 31, 2008: hahaha, omg, alacrity, i totally forgot about that, good thinkin meems…
5. rookie09 - February 1, 2008: Hey, Ms. Baz, I’d like to do Perspectivism, but I was wondering if you could explain it to me a little more, because I’m kind of confused. I just want to make sure I have the right idea.
6. Ms. Baz - February 1, 2008: Perspectivism: the locating of meaning from the viewpoint of the individual; the use of narrators located within the action of the fiction, experiencing from a personal, particular (as opposed to an omniscient, ‘objective’) perspective; the use of many voices, contrasts and contestations of perspective; the consequent disappearance of the omniscient narrator, especially as ‘spokesperson’ for the author; the author retires from the scene of representation, files her or his fingernails (says Joyce).

Steph, if we explore the perspective of the writing, we’re looking at who is doing the talking, what can we determine about the voice that is speaking to us, how reliable is their point of view, is more than one person talking to us, etc. Consider “I Stand Here Ironing,” “Prufrock,” “The Haunting of Hill House.” Think of it as the narrator becoming the Narrator as character, in many ways, and not representative of the author or some omniscient, all-knowing authority on what’s going on. Does that help?
7. rookie09 - February 1, 2008: Yes, it helps, thank you. I think I want to look at the others, though. Thank you for your help. I get it! =]