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Exploring Modern Art and Literature: Themes and Analysis

Dive into classic works such as "Age of Innocence," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "The Metamorphosis" to analyze themes across various pieces of literature. Consider questions on storytelling, truth, and the use of outside sources in the study of art and literature. Explore how different authors structure their texts and the impact it has on their artistic expressions.

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Exploring Modern Art and Literature: Themes and Analysis

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  1. Modern Art and Lit • These are the works we will likely study:
AGE OF INNOCENCE – Edith Wharton
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY – Oscar Wilde
THE METAMORPHOSIS – Franz Kafka
HEART OF DARNESS – Joseph Conrad
SUN ALSO RISES and/or stories – Ernest Hemingway
MRS. DALLOWAY or sections of TO THE LIGHTHOUSE – Virginia Woolf
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – Tennessee Williams
CHILDREN’S HOUR – Lillian Hellman
THE STRANGER – Albert Camus • Poetry of Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot and and Elizabeth Bishop

  2. http://mscrowell.wordpress.com/ • Liz Crowell • Department Chair • Office: Direct Extension 2175 • ecrowell@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us

  3. BIG IDEAS • #1 What are accurate and reflective comparisons between disparate works of art and literature? • #2 Whom do we trust to tell us a story or any truth? • #3 What is the responsible use of outside sources in the study of literature, art and music? • #4 What habits of mind, spirit and study support good, college-level scholarship?

  4. Sample Standard Analyze how an author’s choice concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall meaning and aesthetic impact.

  5. “Daughters of Edward Boit” - John Singer Sargent (1888)

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