Gothic and Romantic Writers Group Presentation

Dr Gingrich

American Literature Honors/AP Lang and Comp

Alpharetta High School Fall 2011

 

 

Romantic/Gothic  Writer’s Story  Presentation

  We will be working o n this in class October 11th and October 18th
Group One (

(Meghan, Nida, Millad)

(Premature Burial

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

 

Group Two

(Lauren, Austin, Katie, Amanda, Dan H.)

(Black Cat

Gold Bug


Group Three

(Tarika, Sara, Jasmine, Ji-Yeon, Young-Ji)

The Tell Tale Heart

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


 

 

Group Four

(Kate, Noga, Amanda R., Annie)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

 

Devil and Tom Walker
 

 

Group Five

(Alaina, Cameron, Blakeley, Mariel, Bailey)

 

(Rip Van Winkle
LL

The Cask of Amontillado

 

 

Group Six

(Kyle, Matthew, Scott, Divya, and Richard)

The Pit and The Pendulum

Minister's Black Veil


 
  Group Seven

 (Alex P., Alex C., Daniel S,

Martin, Sean)


  Message Found In a Bottle

The Birth Mark


 
 

Read the following stories and do the following components for each of the stories in your group.
 
1.  Write a summary of approximately one page per story. (10 points)
2.  Literary Examination. (40 points)
  • Discuss key images (symbols)  in the story.  What might these images symbolize?
  • Select at least 5 key lines from each story, write them out  and  explain the importance of those lines. 
  • Also discuss the Elements of Romanticism or Gothicism that occur in the story. (See lecture notes or textbook for explanation(
  • What is the purpose or theme of the story?  Is the story an example of an allegory/moralistic fable? What, if any lessons, does it teach about life?
3. Visualization:  Create a poster for the stories,  including visual images and lines from both stories. Size should be 18" by 24". (10 points)
4. Dramatizations.  Create a dramatization in video format.    Rehearse the script, use props, background, and costumes.  Memorize lines. (40 points)

 
  The Project is due Tuesday, October 19th at the beginning of the period.  You will be given some class time to do this. You should have read your group's stories by Wednesday, September 28th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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