Importance of Being Earnest Resources
Study the text and visuals. In your notebook, write your responses to the essential questions.
Interact with this tutorial by moving through slide by slide. You will see a joke of sorts; then, you'll learn the comic technique employed. Take notes as you will use the terminology repeatedly. By the end of the tutorial, you will "test yourself" on which comic technique(s) is featured.
Follow directions in the tutorial, and put all work and written responses in your notebook. Due April 2, 2014.
- Men About Town: Examining the Characters of Jack and Algernon in Act I
Interact with this tutorial by moving through slide by slide. You will see a joke of sorts; then, you'll learn the comic technique employed. Take notes as you will use the terminology repeatedly. By the end of the tutorial, you will "test yourself" on which comic technique(s) is featured.
- Act Two Study Guide due April 1, 2014
Follow directions in the tutorial, and put all work and written responses in your notebook. Due April 2, 2014.
- There will be no Act Three Study Guide due April 3, 2014. Hope the change of plans is not an inconvenience!
The Aesthetic Movement, Oscar Wilde, and the Film The Importance of Being Earnest
“The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.”
--Oscar Wilde, IBE
Goals:
1. By reading three different pieces of nonfiction – a UC Davis fact page, a newspaper review of an art show, and a decorative and fine arts society lecture – you will gain the benefit of different points of view on the characteristics of the Aesthetic movement, and you will cross reference facts about Oscar Wilde’s role in the movement. Record your findings in the left column of the chart.
2. After reading each piece and documenting relevant information, you will search for broad and specific representations of the Aesthetic Movement in the words of the play, IBE and in the filmmaking choices of IBE. (Think: In addition to Wilde’s intended representations of aesthetes and the opposition of Victorian values, how else is the film portraying it?)
3. Remember, a close and critical read of the texts will lead to a more sophisticated observation of the film which should finalize in a masterful (9-7) analysis in writing.
Non Fiction Sources:
“The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.”
--Oscar Wilde, IBE
Goals:
1. By reading three different pieces of nonfiction – a UC Davis fact page, a newspaper review of an art show, and a decorative and fine arts society lecture – you will gain the benefit of different points of view on the characteristics of the Aesthetic movement, and you will cross reference facts about Oscar Wilde’s role in the movement. Record your findings in the left column of the chart.
2. After reading each piece and documenting relevant information, you will search for broad and specific representations of the Aesthetic Movement in the words of the play, IBE and in the filmmaking choices of IBE. (Think: In addition to Wilde’s intended representations of aesthetes and the opposition of Victorian values, how else is the film portraying it?)
3. Remember, a close and critical read of the texts will lead to a more sophisticated observation of the film which should finalize in a masterful (9-7) analysis in writing.
Non Fiction Sources:
- UC Davis Fact Page
- “The Cult of Beauty” A review of the art show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, from the Telegraph newspaper
- Cranleigh Decorative & Fine Arts Society review of a guest lecturer on Aestheticism and Oscar Wilde
Victorian Era Trivia
- Vesta Tilley -- Uniquely positioned to offer her perceptions of London society as a man and a woman!
- The Victorian Underworld -- A trivia challenge about bawdy houses, swell mobs, and bare-knuckle fighters . . . you know, the underworld.
- Wilde or Zappa -- Decide who said the quote: Oscar Wilde or Frank Zappa.
Image Sources:
Gentlemen's Self Defense: outofthiscentury.wordpress.com
Watercolor Victorian Ladies: beautifuldees.blogspot.com
English tea: blog.granucahouston.com
Courting Couple: artofmanliness.com
Gentlemen's Self Defense: outofthiscentury.wordpress.com
Watercolor Victorian Ladies: beautifuldees.blogspot.com
English tea: blog.granucahouston.com
Courting Couple: artofmanliness.com