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In class: your questions on T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Cornell Notes will be collected and returned tomorrow for you to use in class.
Wednesday and Thursday: in class writing on the above.
RocRead Break Work: Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
I put together some introductory background information. Some is on the handout you have receive in class; other material in on this blog site.
The expectation is that you will have completed the text by Monday April 16. We'll spend that class discussing the book. On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17 and 18, we are in the library writing an analytical essay. This will be submitted to the district office for RocRead on Friday. This counts as a writing grade: 30% In the past, I have asked you to write over your breaks. This time you only have reading; the writing will take place in class. Many of you plan on taking SATs shortly; this will help working within a time frame.
Here is the trailer from the 1957 film- all star cast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djQOW6elicA
Here is the whole film. Only watch, if you so feel like it. Note that it does capture the tone of the novel well, but it is 1957 and film techniques were different. (Quite campy) You might want to fast forward to some of the bullfighting scenes. It is most definitely not a substitute for the novel. There are significant differences. I don't think the public liked the idea of a bull's ear being thrown as a love token.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3la1ueMgxw
Please review the material before starting the novel. The handout will be useful for unfamiliar terms and names.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth Ecclesiastes
During the 1920's a group of writers known as "The Lost Generation" gained popularity. The term "the lost generation" was coined by Gertrude Stein who is rumored to have heard her auto-mechanic while in France to have said that his young workers were, "une generation perdue". Gertrude Stein would take this phrase and use it to describe the people of the 1920's who rejected American post World War I values. The three best known writers among The Lost Generation are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.
The "Lost Generation" defines a sense of moral loss or aimlessness apparent in literary figures during the 1920s. World War I seemed to have destroyed the idea that if you acted virtuously, good things would happen. Many good, young men went to war and died, or returned home either physically or mentally wounded (for many, both), and their faith in the moral guideposts that had earlier given them hope, were no longer valid...they were "Lost." These literary figures also criticized American culture in creative fictional stories, which had the themes of self-exile, indulgence (care-free living) and spiritual alienation.
Hemingway Code: Hemingway's protagonists are usually 'Hemingway Code Heroes,' i.e., figures who try to follow a hyper-masculine moral code and make sense of the world through those beliefs. Hemingway himself defined the Code Hero as 'a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful.'
Code Hero traits:
(1) Measuring himself against the difficulties life
throws in his way, realizing that we will all lose ultimately because we are
mortals, but playing the game
honestly and passionately in spite of that knowledge.
(2) Facing death with
dignity, enduring physical and emotional pain in silence
(3) Never showing emotions
(4) Maintaining free-will and individualism, never weakly
allowing commitment to a single woman or social convention to prevent
adventure, travel, and acts
of bravery (
5) Being completely honest, keeping one's word or promise
(6) Being courageous and brave, daring to travel and have
'beautiful adventures,' as
Hemingway would phrase it
(7) Admitting the truth of Nada (Spanish, 'nothing'),
i.e., that no external source outside of oneself can provide meaning or
purpose. This existential awareness also involves facing death without hope of
an afterlife, which the Hemingway Code Hero considers more brave than
'cowering' behind false religious hopes. The Hemingway Code Hero typically has
some sort of physical or psychological wound symbolizing his tragic flaw or the
weaknesses of his character, which must be overcome before he can prove his
manhood (or re-prove it, since the struggle
to be honest and brave is a continual one).
8. Also, many
Hemingway Code Heroes suffer from a fear of the dark, which represents the
transience or meaninglessness of life in the face of eventual and permanent
death.
Who are the characters in this novel?
1.Jake Barnes - The narrator and protagonist of the novel. Jake is an American veteran of World War I working as a journalist in Paris, where he and his friends engage in an endless round of drinking and parties. Although Jake is the most stable of his friends, he struggles with anguish over his love for Lady Brett Ashley, his impotence, and the moral vacuum that resulted from the war.
2. Lady Brett Ashley - A beautiful British socialite who drinks heavily. As the novel begins, Brett is separated from her husband and awaiting a divorce. Though she loves Jake, she is unwilling to commit to a relationship with him because it will mean giving up sex. Indeed, she is unwilling to commit fully to any of the many men who become infatuated with her, though she has affairs with a number of them. However, she does not seem to draw much happiness from her independence. Her life, like the lives of many in her generation, is aimless and unfulfilling.
3.Robert Cohn - A wealthy American writer living in Paris. Though he is an expatriate like many of his acquaintances, Cohn stands apart because he had no direct experience of World War I and because he is Jewish. He holds on to the romantic prewar ideals of love and fair play, yet, against the backdrop of the devastating legacy of World War I, these values seem tragically absurd. As a Jew and a nonveteran, Cohn is a convenient target for the cruel and petty antagonism of Jake and his friends.
3.Robert Cohn - A wealthy American writer living in Paris. Though he is an expatriate like many of his acquaintances, Cohn stands apart because he had no direct experience of World War I and because he is Jewish. He holds on to the romantic prewar ideals of love and fair play, yet, against the backdrop of the devastating legacy of World War I, these values seem tragically absurd. As a Jew and a nonveteran, Cohn is a convenient target for the cruel and petty antagonism of Jake and his friends.
4.Bill Gorton - Like Jake, a heavy-drinking war veteran, though not an expatriate. Bill uses humor to deal with the emotional and psychological fallout of World War I.
5.Mike Campbell - A constantly drunk, bankrupt Scottish war veteran. Mike has a terrible temper, which most often manifests itself during his extremely frequent bouts of drunkenness. He has a great deal of trouble coping with Brett’s sexual promiscuity, which provokes outbreaks of self-pity and anger in him, and seems insecure about her infidelity as well as his lack of money.
6.Pedro Romero - A beautiful, nineteen-year-old bullfighter. Romero’s talents in the ring charm both aficionados and newcomers to the sport alike. He serves as a foil (a character whose attitudes or emotions contrast with, and thereby accentuate, those of another character) for Jake and his friends in that he carries himself with dignity and confidence at all times. Moreover, his passion for bullfighting gives his life meaning and purpose. In a world of amorality and corrupted masculinity, Romero remains a figure of honesty, purity, and strength. \
6.Montoya - The owner of a Pamplona inn and a bullfighting expert.
8. Count Mippipopolous - A wealthy Greek count and a veteran of seven wars and four revolutions. Count Mippipopolous becomes infatuated with Brett, but, unlike most of Brett’s lovers, he does not subject her to jealous, controlling behavior.
9.Georgette - A beautiful but somewhat thick-witted prostitute whom Jake picks up and takes to dinner. Ja.
10.Belmonte - A bullfighter who fights on the same day as Pedro Romero. In his early days, Belmonte was a great and popular bullfighter. But when he came out of retirement to fight again, he found he could never live up to the legends that had grown around him. Hence, he is bitter and dejected.
The Sun Also Rises…… by Ernest Hemingway One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth Ecclesiastes
Terms and places….check the blog for images
The Sun Also Rises…… by Ernest Hemingway One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth Ecclesiastes
Terms and places….check the blog for images
1. Princeton-Princeton University is a private research
university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the
eight universities of the Ivy League. Robert
Cohn, who is Jewish, went to school there. Note the anti-Semitism. Kike- derogatory slur used to refer to someone who
is Jewish. Note Cohn was also a boxer at school; also Jakes tennis friend
2. fines- alcoholic beverage
3. tight- drunk; blind- very drunk
4. British East Africa- Kenya
5. Dites garcon—waiter
6. pernod- licorice flavored alcohol.
7. absinthe-historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spiritt derived from botanicals, including the flowers
and leaves of wormwood, together with
green anise, sweet fennel and other
medicinal and culinary herbs. Absinthe traditionally has a natural green colour
but may also be colourless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature
as "la fée verte" (the green fairy).
8. poule- French slang
term for a prostitute
9. Flamand- someone from
the Flemish speaking area of Belgium
10. bal musette- is a style of French music and dance that
first became popular in Paris in the 1880s
11. Pantheon-originally conceived as a church, but after the French
Revolution used as a burial site for the France’s great men of literature, art,
politics and philosophy.
12. concierge- a resident in an apartment building
especially in France who serves as doorkeeper, landlord's representative and
janitor. Nice hotels have them in the
States; they get
you tickets to shows and dining reservations.
13. armoire-an usually
tall cupboard or wardrobe
14. Che mala fortuna-
what bad luck
15. Mumms and Veuve
Cliquot- types of champagne
16. Biarritz- fashionable
resort near Bayonne on the Atlantic since the time of Napoleon III
17. Cannes- fashionable
resort located on the French Riviera; you might know it for its contemporary
film festival
18. brioche- light,
fluffy bread-like pastry
19. Cinzano- Italian
vermouth- a light wine
20. sommelier-a
waiter in a restaurant who has charge of wines and their service : a
wine steward
21. hors d’oeuvres-(I
know you know what these are, but did you know how it was spelled?)
22. cognac brandy
usually after dinner distilled alcoholic drinks
23. Cafes mentioned in
Paris: The Select, The Dome, Café Rotonde, Harry’s Bar, the Ritz, Zelli’s, Deux
Margots, Closerie des Lilas, Café Napolitain
they are all still there
24. aficion- aficionado-
someone who is honestly passionate about something…as Jake is for the
bullfights
25. Lourdes- place of
religious pilgrimage in France where millions have gone to see where a miracle
took place
26. quelqu’une,
quelqu’une--- someone (female)
27. pelouse- grass
28. pesage- weight; in
this case the character is observing how much class an individual possesses
29. magnum-a bottle
(usually of champagne) containing 1 ½ litres
30. Budapest- capital of
Hungary
31. Vienna- capital of
Austria
32. Pamplona- home of the
annual running of the bulls, Corrida de Toros
33. bateau mouche-open excursion boats that provide visitors
to Paris with a view of the city from along the river Seine.
34. comment? – how’s
that?
35. pelota-a court sport played with a ball using
one's hand and a basket, against a wall (jai alai)
36. Syndicat d’Indiative- tourist information
office
37. kepis-
38. carabineers- Bonaparte hat
39. posada- inn, public
house
40. aguadiente- alcoholic beverages that
contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume.
The terms mean "fiery water
41. Roncevalles-small
village northern Spain. It is situated
on the small river at an altitude of some 900 metres in the Pyrenees, about 8
kilometres from the French frontier.
This is were Bill and Jake stay when they fish.
42. simian-ape-like
43. desencajonada- Letting the bulls out of their cages and into their corral
44. steer- a castrated male bull
45. Circe- a minor Greek goddess, a witch
46. paseo- leisurely
usually evening stroll : promenade b : a public walk or boulevard. 2. : a
formal entrance march of bullfighters into an arena
47. jerez- sherry
48. mucha suerte- good luck
49. borracho- drunk
50. pirotechnico- someone
who makes fireworks
Absinthe Drinkers Edouard Degas
Below is the Pantheon, orginally built as a church, but during the French Revolution became a temple / burial place to some of France's great political, social and literary figures. Located near the Sorbonne University on the Left Bank, where much of the activity of the characters in the novel takes place.
Map of Paris- places mentioned in text: Montmatre- where they go to the Bal Musette, Parc Montsouris, Pantheon- university / cafe life; Left Bank (refers to south of the Seine River); Montparnesse- there was not a tower there in the twenties, but lots of cafes that the characters visit, Gare Austerlitz- train station to head south to Spain.
Note the characters travel from Paris down coast to Bordeaux, across the area known as Landes (there are descriptions in the novel) to Bayonne and then to San Sebastian is not on the map, but is located west of Bilbao directly on the sea west of Spain. To get from France to Spain they crossed the Pyrenees Mountains. Pamplona in Spain is where they stayed for the running of the bulls.
Map of Spain
You can get a better idea of their travels in the second part of the novel. Note how they talk about having to go to Madrid before heading up to San Sebastian, as that is how all the trains work in Spain. San Sebastian shows up on this map too.
Hotel de Crillon--the gang met up for lunch here- swanky
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