[Of nudity] “The part never calls for it. And I’ve never used that excuse. The box office calls for it.”
Quoted in Independent (London) 22 March 1994
Excerpted from: Shapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Alice Walker. She remains relevant as does The Color Purple , and I hope, despite the many attempts to ban the novel, it remains within the reach of all who seek to read it.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“A novel by Zora Neale Hurston, acclaimed as her finest. Now considered a classic in feminist literature, it relates the story of one woman’s odyssey ‘to the horizon and back’ in search of fulfillment and freedom. Hurston, an anthropologist and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance, uses black oral tradition and folklore, and centers the work in all-black settings. She focuses on love relationships and the strengths of African-American cultural practices, rather than racial protest. Ultimately, the story of Janie Starks’s quest is a universal one. Its lessons are about love, the efficacy of black folkways, and holding fast to one’s personal vision and value.”
Excerpted from: Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference
Tagged black history, fiction/literature, readings/research, women's history
There are a number of classroom situations, I think, in which this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Joan of Arc might come in handy.
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“For what links us are elemental experiences—emotions—forces that have no intrinsic language and must be imagined as art if they are to be contemplated at all.”
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Afterward (1993)
Excerpted from: Shapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Here is, first thing on a Monday morning, a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Cleopatra. Time to get a brain signal and get to work.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“Irish-born novelist and philosopher. Murdoch’s novels are noted for intricacy of plot and character, psychological penetration, and subtlety of style, with a with that changes from recondite irony to the crazily comic. Their structure is elaborate and unrealistic, often concerning a group of characters who become involved with each other through a complex network of love affairs. People’s need for love and freedom are explored as part of their greater need to affirm their own reality. In Under the Net (1954), The Bell (1958), and An Unofficial Rose (1962), the twin philosophical questions are posed: how free can man be and how much can he know himself? Among her many works are the novels The Flight from the Enchanter (1956), The Sandcastle (1961), A Severed Head (1961), The Unicorn (1963), An Accidental Man (1972), Henry and Cato (1972), The Sea, the Sea (1978; Booker Prize for literature), and Nuns and Soldiers (1980), as well as a study of Sartre, Romantic Rationalist (1953), and The Fire and the Sun (1977), a discussion of Plato’s aesthetic theory. Her later novels are The Philosopher’s Pupil (1982), The Good Apprentice (1985), and The Message of the Planet (1989). In 1987 Murdoch was made a Dame of the British Empire.”
Excerpted from: Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Friday morning at last, which means it’s time for the Weekly Text, this one in observance of Women’s History Month. This week I offer this reading on Lydia Maria Child. To accompany it, here is a reading comprehension worksheet. Finally, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on “Women Get the Vote.” (And, incidentally, you can get more Everyday Edit Worksheets–indeed, an entire year’s worth–from the generous people at the Education World website.
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“In the fearful years of the Yezhov terror, I spend seventeen months in prison queues in Leningrad. One day somebody ‘identified’ me…and whispered in my ear…’Can you describe this?’ And I said: ‘Yes, I can.’”
Requiem Preface (written 1957)
Excerpted from: Shapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference, Social Sciences
Tagged poetry, readings/research, women's history
“U.S. gospel singer. As a child, Jackson sang in the choir of the New Orleans church where her father preached. She learned sacred songs but was also exposed to blues recordings by Bessie Smith and Ida Cox. In Chicago she worked at odd jobs while singing with a gospel touring quintet, and opened several small businesses. Her warm, powerful voice first came to wide public attention in the 1930s, when she participated in a cross-county tour singing such songs as “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” Closely associated with Thomas A. Dorsey, she sang many of his songs. “Move on up a Little Higher” (1948) sold over a million copies, and she became one of the best-selling singers of the 1950s and ‘60s. She first appeared at Carnegie Hall in 1950. Active in the civil-rights movement from 1955, she sang at the epochal 1963 civil-rights march in Washington.”
Excerpted from: Stevens, Mark A., Ed. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2000.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference
Tagged black history, music, readings/research, women's history
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