A Tour of the Semester (best lectures!)

 Let’s pinpoint three lectures that definitely deserve to be highlighted…

1. TRAGIC HEROES

Lesson: Definition of what it means to be a tragic hero…

• Tragic death

• Responsible for own fate

• Tragic flaw

• Audience experiences pity and fear

• Doomed to make a serious error in judgment

• Falling from great heights

Analysis: Tragic heroes are destined to a horrible fate (often death) that the audience knows is coming but feels pity/fear regardless.

Gained: An understanding of what it means to be a tragic hero and examples of them in literature and pop culture.

2. CONFLICT

Lesson: Different types of conflict…

• Man vs. man

• Man vs. nature

• Man vs. society

• Man vs. fate

• Man vs. self

• Man vs. supernatural

• Man vs. machine

• External conflict vs. internal conflict

Analysis: There are several types of conflicts that demonstrate different things that go against man and whether they physically or emotionally affect an individual.

Gained: An understanding of different subcategories of conflicts and whether they affect the person  internally or externally

3. LITERACY TIMELINE

Lesson: Literacy through different time periods…

• 1800-1860: romanticism (emotion over reason)

• 1840-1860: transendestists (nature/human experience)

• 1855-1900: realism (post war/political change)

• 1900-1950: modernism (the American Dream)

• 1960s-today: postmodernism (fantasy and flaw)

Analysis: Literature is a product of its time period -Professor Brady

Gained: An understanding of what literature looks like from the perspective of people during different time periods.