Literature for the Week

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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

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