Guest Jenmac Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hello! This is my first visit to these forums and I hope some of you veterans can help me out. I've been homeschooling for 9 years, most of which have been with the classical method. However, as my oldest is in 8th grade we are thinking of high school. I've looked at packaged curricula and some of them offer courses in literary analysis. The classical curricula that I am familiar with, including WTM, do not seem to delve into this in the same way (although I could have missed it!). My question is how to teach literary analysis effectively and secondly, do we need to teach it? Why? Thanks! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 A good beginning: Teaching the Classics: A Socratic Method for Literary Education by Adam and Missy Andrews. Doesn't teach the literary essay, but explains conflict, theme, setting, characters, exposition, rising action, denouement, conclusion. There are nice videos you can get with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 SWB has a lecture on the topic. :) The WTM book also describes how to do it. WTM-style lit analysis starts in the logic stage and goes more in depth in the rhetoric stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 SWB has a lecture on the topic. :) The WTM book also describes how to do it. WTM-style lit analysis starts in the logic stage and goes more in depth in the rhetoric stage. :iagree:The lecture is fantastic! I believe there are also printable handouts on the WTM website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 A good beginning: Teaching the Classics: A Socratic Method for Literary Education by Adam and Missy Andrews. Doesn't teach the literary essay, but explains conflict, theme, setting, characters, exposition, rising action, denouement, conclusion. There are nice videos you can get with it. :iagree: I think this is a great place to start. In fact, I am leading a parent-child book club for grammar stage students (like Deconstructing Penguins) using this method with picture books. I'm hoping this makes literary analysis less daunting when we hit the rhetoric stage! Most of the parents have no background in literary analysis, so we are all learning together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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