Friday, April 9th

1) Silent Reading - remember you need to be at least half way through your Lit. Circle novel by next Wednesday.

2) Wrap Up Modernist Poetry

• Influence of Eastern Religion (see Buddhism Basics below)
  
• People and speaker as problematic


• Free verse, free verse
  
• Imagery, Imagery


• Divergent, complex imagery
  
• Wallace Stevens' Poem Title: "The Ultimate Poem is Abstract."
  

Buddhism Basics - Buddhism has a rich and complex history and system of beliefs - this little summary is just the beginning...

The 4 Truths

4) Finish Reading The Waste Land - Groups: What images/words/ideas/problems stand out? Discussion.

5) Homework: The Emperor of Ice Cream - see handout.