AMERICAN LITERATURE

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

• VIDEOCONFERENCE
• Presented by
• M.L. Lawrence Vega

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MY OEDIPUS COMPLEX

• PRAGMATIC ELEMENTS
• 1. Importance of the title
• 2. What is the Oedipus Complex?

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ANALYSIS

• 1. Theme
• 2. Characters
• 3. Setting
• 4. Type of ending
• 5. Point of view
• 6. Type of conflict

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SOLID OBJECTS

• The postmodern story
• Influence of Virginia Woolf
• 1. Plot
• 2. Characters
• 3. Setting
• 4. theme

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THE HAPPY PRINCE

• 1. The symbol of the statue
• 2. The real meaning of love
• 2. The realmeaning of friendship
• 3. Jewels as symbols
• 4. The reaction of the people
• 5. The allegorical theme

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THE HAPPY PRINCE

• 6. The real meaning of happiness
• 7. Romantic elementos in the Happy prince
• 8. Social connotations
• 9. The short story as satire

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HARRISON BERGERON

• 1. Social conflicts.
• 2. The story as sci-fi
• 3. The implications of television
• 4. The real meaning of equality
• 5. Social parody
• 6. Social criticism

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HARRISON BERGERON

• 7. Symbols in the story
• 8. Conflicts
• 9. Technology versus love
• 10. Type of characters
• 11. The importance of Ballet in the story

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TICKETS PLEASE

• 1. PLOT
• 2. THE REAL MEANING OF FEMINISM
• 3. CONFLICTS
• 4. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TITLE
• 5. CHARACTERS
• 6. MAN VERSUS WOMAN

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IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

• 1. Plot
• 2. The importance of the War
• 3. The importance of the incipus
• 4. The social discourses in the story.
• 5. Type of characters
• 6. Type of settings

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IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

• Symbols
• A. The pictures
• B. The machines
• C. The physical hanidcaps

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A ROSE FOR EMILY

• 1. The psychological connotation
• 2. Psychoanalysis as a means
• 3. The theory of repression
• 4. The sexual symbols
• 5. Characters
• 6. The importance of the names

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English Literature at the end of the Romantic
Period

• 1. A search of the self
• 2. Idealism
• 3. Search for Beauty
• 4.Oscar Wilde- A Social Rebel

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BRTITISH LITERATURE OF THE XXTH CENTURY

• 1. Femenism
• 2. The wars
• 3. Search for instrospection
• 4. New identities
• 5. Search for new rights
• 6. New types of strength

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AMERICAN LITERATURE OF THE XXTH CENTURY

• 1. The search for technology
• 2. The fear provoked by technology
• 3. The influence and consequences of War.
• 4. A new point of view

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ACTIVITIES

• About Harrison Bergeron
• 1. Why is equality not a positive element in the
  story?
• Analyse four symbols of the story
• Analyse the characaters.
• How is this story criticizins society?

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ACTIVITY 2

• ABOUT THE HAPPY PRINCE
• 1. What is the meaning given to happiness in the
  story?
• 2. Analyse the symbols of the story.
• Analyse the conclusion of the story.

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ACTIVITY 4

• About In Another Country.
• 1.What is the importance of the war in this
  story?
• 2. Why is being a foregner important in the
  story?
• 3. Analyze the symbols of the story.

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ACTIVITY 5

• About Tickets Please

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ACTIVITY 5

• 1. Is this situation also common in your country?
• 2. Is this a femminist story?
• 3. Analyse the characters
• 4. Analyse the ending of the story.