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AP Literature Test Prep Sessions and Oscar Wilde's Comedy Exploration

Join us for AP Literature test prep on May 3, with up to three 55-minute sessions focusing on Poetry and Open-ended essays. Extra credit will be available for attending at least one session! A handout will be provided on April 28. We'll also delve into the world of Oscar Wilde, enhancing our understanding of his comedy and Victorian etiquette while reading "The Importance of Being Earnest." Key deadlines include the last day for Jane Eyre dialectical journals on April 25. Let's deepen our literary analysis together!

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AP Literature Test Prep Sessions and Oscar Wilde's Comedy Exploration

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  1. AP Test Prep: Sat, May 3, 9:00-12:00 • You can attend up to three 55 min sessions • Handout coming out on Mon, April 28 • AP Lit: Session 1: Poetry Essay Session 2: Open-ended Essay Session 3: Poetry M/C ****You will get extra-credit from me for attending at least one AP Lit session!!

  2. Extra-Credit for Jane Eyre is now posted on website under April 21!!

  3. 4-23-14 Objectives: • To begin to examine the techniques of comedy. • To examine the standards of etiquette in Victorian society.

  4. Today’s Agenda: • Background on Oscar Wilde and Victorian time period. • Begin reading The Importance of Being Earnest.

  5. Important Info!!!! • This Fri, April 25: last day to turn in Jane Eyre Dialectical Journals Part 2 (by 2:45) • Thurs-Fri, May 1-2: Matching test over Techniques of Comedy • Mon-Tues, may 5-6: Earnest Dialectical Journal due (beginning of class)

  6. Oscar Wilde: • 1854- Born in Dublin • Came from an upper-class family • Studied aestheticism: one versed in the theory of beauty and artistic expression. • Closet homosexual, but he did marry. • Wilde’s most brilliant comedy was The Importance of Being Earnest, released in 1895. • Served jail time for homosexual activities.

  7. Important Stuff About the Play: • Setting: London and the countryside in 1895, during the last years of the Victorian time period. • The English aristocrats flourished!! This is the group on which Wilde’s satire focus on, along with the view that marriage has nothing to do with love; it is a means for achieving social status

  8. Things to Look for As You Read: • Character development • Themes • Motifs • Symbolism • Techniques of comedy

  9. Characters: • John Worthing, J.P. • Algernon Moncrieff • Rev. Canon Chasuble • Merriman • Lane • Lady Brackwell • Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax • Cecily Cardew • Miss Prism

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