WEEK 12: DAYS 56-60/ESSAY WEEK

Leonardo da Vinci, Self-Portrait in Red Chalk, 1512

Music selection: Jacques Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann, Bacarolle

BEN'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

RACHEL'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

Week 11

 

These will be essentially “in-class” essays, written on the spot in about an hour-90 minutes. You may also use the time this week to make progress on your thesis.

EVERY DAY, CHOOSE ONE ESSAY. FOR EXTRA CREDIT, WRITE BOTH.

Day 56: 

1. In a short essay of 200-300 words, tell everything you can about your favorite poem of Weeks 1-11.

2. In a short essay of 200-300 words, tell everything you can about your favorite essay of Weeks 1-11. 

Day 57: 

1. In a short essay of 200-300 words, discuss how Silas Marner compares with Huck Finn as a protagonist: a central character who grows and develops and changes in some way from the beginning to the end of a story.

2. In a short essay of 200-300 words, describe Dante’s descent through the Inferno.

Day 58: 

1. In an essay of 200-300 words, tell everything you can about your favorite saint of this term and his or her writing. 

2. In an essay of 200-300 words, tell everything you can about a current-events issue. 

Day 59:

1. In an essay of 200-300 words, tell everything you know about the Epistle to the Hebrews

2. In an essay of 200-300 words, retell your favorite Psalm so far.

Day 60: 

1. In an essay of 200-300 words, describe the art of Leonardo da Vinci.

2. In an essay of 200-300 words, describe your impressions of the music of either Richard Wagner or Jacques Offenbach (or you might compare the two).

For the next twelve weeks, our featured artist will be Rembrandt van Rijn. Read about him here now.

Our featured composers for the next twelve weeks will be the Russian nationals Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, and Mussorgsky. Read about each one now, by clicking on his name. 

The Year at at Glance: We are now 1/3 of the way through.