#hamlit

[redhairheadbandlover]

What a piece of work is a man!  And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

Hamlet (2.2.295-302)

I like to think that Hamlet is secretly asking. Emphasizing “is,” the audience could interpret this as a deep longing Hamlet feels for true understanding. Although we do not know if Shakespeare is religious, there is direct religious allision. Adam came from dust, nothing but an amalgam of divine spit and dirt. Yet, his allusion to (a/the) god continues. “In apprehension how like a god!” he exclaims. Going back to Christianity, there is the deep-seated belief that people were created in the image of God. We are nothing more than the holy breath and remains of eroded earth. Do we truly hold the deep understanding of god when we are held down by the limited faculty of our bodies which are, ultimately, just a quintessence of dust?

[jwdonley]

Five Stories Ya Gotta Read – June 2020

Five Stories Ya Gotta Read – June 2020 Horror stories I've discovered recently that you should check out.

This is the start of a brand-new series of blog posts. Each month I will share with you five stories that I’ve read recently that you should look into.

‘Wilderness’ by Letitia Trent from Exigencies ed. Richard Thomas

Recently I took a course on contemporary dark fiction, and this is the first short story we read for discussion. Letitia does a great job of building a nightmare…

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[jurasicparker]

“I’m ready to Cupid shuffle off this mortal coil” -Me

[emmabraslavsky]

HAM.LIT

In diesem Jahr versammelte die HAM.LIT zum achten Mal eine bunte Mischung von Literatur und Musik. Einige der Autor*innen konnte Litaffin interviewen.

Ann-Kathrin von litaffin.de war auf der ham.lit und hat einigen von uns Antworten auf fundamentale Fragen entlockt.

[carryonmydeadgayson]

Hamlet: We are knaves, all of us

Polonious (quietly from behind a curtain): #not all men

[annejeel]

You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant, But yet you draw not iron, for my heart is true as steel. Leave you your power to draw, and I shall have no power to follow you.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare

[mvadvice]

have any of you guys taken HAmlit in your junior year? Could you please give me an overview of the teaching styles as well as the rigor of the class and any helpful tips?

I took HAmLit during my junior year, but from what I’ve heard, your experience largely depends on which teacher you get. Nava tends to grade more harshly with written assignments and fishbowl discussion, while Carpenter and Anderson are both a little more lenient. I think Carpenter tends to use a peer grading system more often too.

Participate a lot in discussions and share your ideas! A lot of classroom time (I had Anderson) was dedicated to discussion of whatever we read, and while a most of them weren’t graded, it’s good practice for when the graded ones come around. Also, a lot of the writing in this class tended to focus more on analyzing the style and rhetorical devices of the writing itself, instead of overall theme, so that’s something to definitely pay attention to while reading. Ask your teacher for help if you’re having trouble with written assignments or just want them to look over your work.

I found that the reading/workload wasn’t too overwhelming, as it often came in chunks where we had nothing or very little homework for a couple of weeks, and then manageable reading assignments every time we started a new book. We also had semester-long projects – Factoid Friday first semester and Author Study second semester,but as long as you keep to the reading schedule and work on the projects throughout the semester, you’ll be good to go with the workload!

-Iced Green Tea

[mvadvice]

Is it manageable to take HAmLit & APUSH together?

I think only one of us has taken both HAmLit and APUSH (Little Miss Sunshine)! She has more time management tips regarding how she handled junior year. You’ll just have to scroll down a bit. 

It will be a lot of reading—much, much more than what you had in sophomore year. I opted out of HAmLit to balance my course load. I’d also advise you to weigh how many AP courses you plan on taking junior year (and how you’ll manage it with SAT’s). 

If you’re thinking in terms of AP tests, then I’d definitely say AP English Language is easier to self-study for. I don’t know if HAmLit prepares you that well for AP Lit in senior year, but there are quite a few HAmLit veterans in my AP Lit class who aren’t faring as well as they expected. I’d still recommend taking at least one honors/AP literature class during your high school career though. Good luck! 

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