Friday, January 13, 2017

January 13th: Allusion Assignment

Allusion Assignment:
Allusion Research:  An allusion is a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history. This is an important literary concept that you will encounter repeatedly in poetry, drama, and fiction (Thomas Foster spends time addressing this as well, as you know). With allusions, authors can  engage the reader in making associations and creating meaning. However, if you are unaware of allusions you will miss some of these meanings.

You will be assigned to a group and need to learn the following allusions well. You may read
whatever sources you wish: children’s tales, the Bible, encyclopedias, or reference books. I highly recommend Edith Hamilton’s Mythology as a good overview of Greek and Roman myths.  If starting with Wikipedia, look to the Bibliography that THEY use for additional resources. 

1.  Disperse the allusion sources among your group. I highly encourage each individual student to take stories from both Biblical and Greek/Roman sources. 

 2. From your research, you will SUMMARIZE the plot of the allusion source... .not merely "cutting and pasting". You need to bring out the aspects that you feel are the primary elements of the story that can be.. .and have been utilized as allusions. 

3.  Make sure that you collect the works cited information from the source you utilized for your research. 

4. Create a shared Google Document where you will post your summaries WITH their Works Cited information. Please return your summary order to the original order on the list below. You will turn this single document into Google Classroom, where I will combine these.  

Your group's document is due on GOOGLE CLASSROOM by the beginning of class on January 18th/19th. 

Biblical Allusions Group 1 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 1
Creation
Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
David and Goliath
Moses (birth to the promised land)
Abraham and Isaac
Tower of Babel
Jonah and the Whale
Samson and Delilah
Solomon
Job
Leda and the Swan
Pandora

Biblical Allusions Group 2 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2
Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors
Armageddon
Prometheus (and Io)
Narcissus
The Golden Fleece
Orpheus and Eurydice
Daedalus (and Icarus)
Cupid and Psyche
Pygmalion and Galatea
Daphne (and Apollo)
Perseus
Theseus
Nemesis 
Prometheus 
Delphi

Biblical Allusions Group 3 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 3
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Elijah
Jezebel
Sodom and Gomorrah
Birth of Jesus
Parable of the Prodigal Son
Lazarus
John the Baptist
Last Supper
Judas
Hercules
Odysseus/Ulysses (know who he is, do not just reference The Odyssey)
Mars
Nike
Sirens

Biblical Allusions Group 4 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 4
Crucifixion and Resurrection
Doubting Tomas
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Oedipus (including Sphinx)
Antigone
The Trojan War (including the fall of Troy,
Achilles, Hector, Paris, Helen, and the Trojan
Horse)
Midas
Bacchus
Agamemnon, Orestes, and Electra (also known
in whole as The Oresteia)

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