"The Alchemist" (Links to an external site.) Part One Only
New Phase of our Learning: Group Work
You have now been assigned to a group of no more than five peers.
Moving
forward, you will no longer respond to Discussion Forums as an
individual. Instead you will 'brainstorm' ideas and topics with your
peers and together you will create a response to the Discussion Forum
topic.
Please refer to the "Working Within Your Group Guidelines" to
understand how to work with group members, how you will meet, and
determining a system that works best for you guys.
Discussion Prompt:
Consider Figurative and literal language (literary element).
Using
the New Historicism theory of literature (Schools of Criticism and
Literary Theory), analyze the language utilized in Coelho's work. Your
analysis Coelho's languge must not be
a summary but will be, instead, a description of how language works to
create your reading experience, the meaning of the work (and yes, there
can be multiple meanings). How does the language drive the theme and
plot? What terms suggest a deeper meaning? How do the sentences work
together and work off each other? Go deep, and when you feel that you
all have gone as deep as you can, go deeper.
