Greetings Senior!
We are still in the midst of our study or British Renaissance literature. As you know, we have learned a great deal about John Donne and his varied works. We will finish with his poem "The Canonization" and his "Meditation 17" on Monday. The latter is probably his most quoted work, wherein he asserts that "no man is an island" and that we should "ask not for whom the bell tolls," since it tolls for us all. I'm sure you have at least heard those phrases, and we will discuss their meaning in some depth.
On Wednesday and Thursday we will continue reading from our textbooks. We will discuss several of the literary artists from the period and read the excerpts from the following:
Two Shakespearean soliloquies from Hamlet and Macbeth
The background of William Shakespeare and sonnets 73 and 130
The background information of Ben Johnson and his poem "On my First Son"
The background of Francis Bacon and his essay "On Studies"
The background of Margaret Cavendish and her "Female Orations"
and Queen Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury
All of this will culminate in a test on the period, after which we will read excerpts from Milton's Paradise Lost, which depicts the fall of Satan from heaven, and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which is an allegory of Christian life.
It is unlikely that we will have time to complete everything in one week...but we will go as far as time allows.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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