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How does literature broaden our understanding of human experience?
How can reading works in translation expand our understanding of ourselves and others?
How can literature and the written word convey culture and tradition?
How does literature broaden our understanding of human experience?
How can reading works in translation expand our understanding of ourselves and others?
How can literature and the written word convey culture and tradition?
COURSE COMPONENTS ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
COURSE COMPONENTS ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
Concepts: Identity + Culture+ Communication
AOE: Time and Space, Readers, writers, texts
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Various formative paragraph responses and analyses
Presentations and responses (formative)
Guided portfolio entries (formative and summative)
Independent portfolio entries (formative and summative)
week 3
week 3
L/O: To develop a background and contextual knowledge of Banana Yoshimoto’s “Kitchen”
L/O: To gain an understanding of the concept of existentialism and bildungsroman
Monday, Aug.22
D&TM final presentations
Initial reactions to the novel
HW: Read Representations are Misrepresentations: The Case of Cover Designs of Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen by Hiroko Furakawa for tomorrow's lesson
Tuesday, Aug.23
Introduction to the novel - PPT (con'td)
Kitchen through its covers - PPT and discussion
HW: Complete your Kitchen and existentialism worksheet for next lesson
HW: Read Kitchen "Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart" for next lesson
Thursday, Aug.25
Debriefing worksheet on existentialism - Our own thoughts on existential ideas
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28229.Banana_Yoshimoto
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Big-Five-Existential-Concerns-the-Existential-Problems-They-Represent-and_tbl1_242251661
Week 4
Week 4
L/O: To explore the concept of magic realism and how and to what effect it is used in the novel
L/O: To understand "pathetic fallacy" and look at how representations of nature in the novel connect to the idea of magic realism.
Monday, Aug. 29
Discussion about Kitchen "Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart"
What is "pathetic fallacy"?
Exploring examples of pathetic fallacy in the novel - charting
HW: Complete chart for tomorrow's lesson
Tuesday, Aug. 30
Review pathetic fallacy chart
Thursday, Sept. 1
Commenting on our classmates' entries
What's next? Light and Dark or gender?
Additonal Reading on Magic Realism in the novel and Yoshimoto's work:
"Dreaming in Isolation: Magic realism in Japanese literature"
I. Intro
II. Emotionally isolated characters III. Barriers between the public and private
VIII. Dreaming: Impact on the waking world
XIV. Connections: Dreams and healing
Week 5 (Camps week)
Week 5 (Camps week)
L/O:To consider how Yoshimoto challenges the gender norms of 1980s Japanese society through the way in which she depicts the central and secondary characters in her novel.
Week 6
Week 6
L/O: To consider how and to what effect Yoshimoto uses light and dark imagery within the novel
L/O: To explore themes in Kitchen
Monday, Sept. 12
HW: Have your PPT reading for presentation tomorrow
Tuesday, Sept. 13
Light and dark presentations
Themes in Kitchen intro to assignment and work time
HW: Themes projects due: Monday, Sept. 19
Thursday, Sept. 14
Working on theme projects
HW: Themes projects due: Monday, Sept. 19
Theme image (loneliness and Isolation) by Roberta T (class of 2022)
Theme image (Family) by Michelle (class of 2021)
END OF UNIT
END OF UNIT
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