Blog, blog, blog........

Welcome, children, to our blog, a little space on which you may leave your personal imprint (as it pertains to literature and my class, at least). If you have not blogged yet, then it will be an experiment for both of us; I have not had a class blog - ever! It should be more fun for you to do this than regular responses, such as a journal, because we can bring other outlets to the blog that can add to the discussion.

If you look at the sidebar, I will continuously post links throughout the year - some to help your writing, some that are relevant to all aspects of our class and some that may just interest you. Still working on that, so bear with me!

I'm really excited to hear (read) what you have to say, but please keep it appropriate or I'll have to end up censoring you, and no one wants that to happen. I know I'll find wisdom in your words, and I'll provide you with as much direction as I can.

So here goes nothing. ;-)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Now, it's personal.

We have discussed "The American Dream" in terms of it's characters and we already said that, in some way, this is a play that comments on the state of American society.

As you well know, literature is the flesh on the bones of history. But writers are inspired, of course, by the occurrences of their own lives.

I want you to go to the links listed at the end of the post and discuss how Albee's family life may be reflected in the play. What aspects of Albee's life are similar to the play? How might the character's traits reflect his feelings on his family members (include the baby and the Young Man but not Mrs. Barker)?

Responses should be at least 200 words. You may also look at other websites by searching on your own. Try the library resources. Just make sure you include the link of resources outside the ones provided to you.


http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/albee.html

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/alb1bio-1

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3687&source_type=A

http://americanaejournal.hu/vol2no2/cristian-essay

http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/albee_edward/answers.html
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