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Romantic Experience: Mr. Ejzak

Overview

Using English Romanticism as a model, we will observe and analyze how Romantic qualities like the sublime, individualism, imagination, idealism, and love of nature have appeared at other times and in America.  After analyzing a range of English Romantic poetry, we will read American Romantics like Walt Whitman.  We will then launch ourselves into more modern decades of American and English culture, searching for the Romantic Spirit.  Evaluation will be based on a range of writing experiences--both creative and analytical--designed so students capture the Romantic spirit.

Syllabus

Texts:
English Romantic Verse
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Test/Paper Due Dates:

3/14/08   Poem analysis

4/22/08   Whitman-Style Poem

5/02/08   Whitman Test

5/20/08   On the Road Analysis

Varying   Reading Quizzes

5/27/08   Final Exam

Printable Syllabus


Assignments

Poem Assignment

Whitman Poem Assignment

On the Road Reading Assignments

Essay #2


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Links

Post-Gazette Article About On the Road Manuscript

Link to real names of On the Road characters


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Teacher: Mr. Paul Ejzak
Contact: (412) 968-3051
pejzak@shadysideacademy.org
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