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Literature for the Week
You’re responsible…even if you’re not here.
What we’ll be reading
Folk Tales
• from The One Thousand and One Nights: The Fisherman and the Jinnee (pg 84)
• from The Rubaiyat(pg 100)• from The Gulistan (pg 106)• Elephant in the Dark (pg 119)• Two Kinds of Intelligence (pg 121)• The Guest House (pg 122)• Which is Worth More? (pg 124)• African Proverbs: from Sundiata (pg 129)
Vocabulary
The Thousand and One Nights
The Fisherman and the Jinnee
Adj: inverted
Upside down
Adj: blasphemous
Showing disrespect toward God or religious teachings
V: adjured
Ordered solemnly
Adv: indignantly
In a way showing righteous anger or scorn
adv.: resolutely
In a determined way
Adj: enraptured
Completely delighted; spellbound
N: munificence
Great generosity
Adj: ominous
Hinting at bad things to come
The Rubaiyat & The The Rubaiyat & The GulistanGulistan
N: repentanceN: repentance
Sorrow for wrongdoingSorrow for wrongdoing
N: pompN: pomp
Ceremonial splendor, Ceremonial splendor, magnificencemagnificence
N: myriadsN: myriads
Great numbers of persons or Great numbers of persons or thingsthings
N: pietyN: piety
Devotion to religious duties or Devotion to religious duties or practicespractices
Adj: beneficentAdj: beneficent
charitablecharitable
N: extortionsN: extortions
Acts of obtaining money or Acts of obtaining money or something else through something else through
threats, violence, or misuse of threats, violence, or misuse of authorityauthority
Elephant in the Dark, Two Kinds of Intelligence, The Guest House,
Which is Worth More?
N: competence
Ability
N: conduits
Channels or pipes
N: malice
Ill will; evil intent
N: solitude
isolation
SundiataSundiata
V: fathomV: fathom
Probe the depths of; understandProbe the depths of; understand
Adj: taciturnAdj: taciturn
Not given to talkingNot given to talking
Adj: maliciousAdj: malicious
Intending harm; spitefulIntending harm; spiteful
N: infirmityN: infirmity
Weakness; illnessWeakness; illness
N: innudendoN: innudendo
Indirect remark or gesture that Indirect remark or gesture that hints at something bad; sly hints at something bad; sly
suggestionsuggestion
Adj: diabolicalAdj: diabolical
Devilish; wickedDevilish; wicked
Adj: estrangedAdj: estranged
Isolated and unfriendly; alienatedIsolated and unfriendly; alienated
Literary Literary ElementsElements
Terms you need to knowTerms you need to know
Folk TalesFolk Tales
Part of the oral tradition, the body Part of the oral tradition, the body of stories, poems, and songs that of stories, poems, and songs that
are passed down by word of are passed down by word of mouth from generation to mouth from generation to
generation. generation.
Characteristics of Folk Characteristics of Folk TalesTales
Lesson about lifeLesson about life Magical or supernatural elementsMagical or supernatural elements Characters who possess one or two Characters who possess one or two
main traitsmain traits A clear separation between good and A clear separation between good and
evilevil
Folk tales may share plot patterns and Folk tales may share plot patterns and deceptively ordinary characters.deceptively ordinary characters.
Narrative Narrative StructureStructure
The way in which a work of fiction The way in which a work of fiction is organized. The Fisherman and is organized. The Fisherman and the Jinnee contains the Jinnee contains framed storiesframed stories or stories within a story. Create or stories within a story. Create
the following chart:the following chart:
First Story:“The Fisherman and the Jinnee”
Second storyNarrator: fisherman
Story _____________
Third StoryNarrator _____________
Story _____________Similarities between all
Three stories
Didactic LiteratureDidactic Literature
Teaches lessons on ethics, or Teaches lessons on ethics, or principles regarding right and wrong principles regarding right and wrong
conduct, and if often reflects the values conduct, and if often reflects the values or the society that produces it.or the society that produces it.
Didactic literature uses these tools:Didactic literature uses these tools:
Aphorisms: short, pointed statements Aphorisms: short, pointed statements expressing truths about human existenceexpressing truths about human existence
Personification: a technique that gives Personification: a technique that gives human qualities to non-human thingshuman qualities to non-human things
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were thing is spoken of as though it were something elsesomething else
Types of MetaphorsTypes of Metaphors
All Metaphors: compare two apparently All Metaphors: compare two apparently unlike things without using the words like or unlike things without using the words like or asas
Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms directlydirectly
Indirect Metaphor: suggests the comparisonIndirect Metaphor: suggests the comparison
Direct Metaphor: ExampleDirect Metaphor: Example
This This being being human is a guest human is a guest house.house.
Indirect Metaphor: ExampleIndirect Metaphor: Example
……getting always more / marks on getting always more / marks on your preserving tabletsyour preserving tablets
AnalogyAnalogy
An explanation of how two things are similarAn explanation of how two things are similar
Usually extended comparisons that explain Usually extended comparisons that explain something unfamiliar by showing how it is something unfamiliar by showing how it is like something familiarlike something familiar
Frequently use figurative speechFrequently use figurative speech
Epic ConflictEpic Conflict
A narrative or narrative poem that A narrative or narrative poem that focuses on the deeds of heroes. focuses on the deeds of heroes.
CharacteristicsCharacteristics
Menacing enemiesMenacing enemies Natural dangersNatural dangers Moral dilemmasMoral dilemmas Problems with societyProblems with society Difficulties with fateDifficulties with fate Challenging decisionsChallenging decisions
The Fisherman and the The Fisherman and the JinneeJinnee
• Turn to page 85Turn to page 85
• Go to your notes page with your Go to your notes page with your table (the one you copied earlier with table (the one you copied earlier with narrative structure story within a narrative structure story within a story)story)