Literature_Overview_and_Essay_Skills

Literature Overview Syllabus Text Analysis Text Comparison Poetry Comparison Texts Involved ● Ariel ● Age of Iron ● Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Unseen Poems Time 3 hours: 1h/Essay Misc. ● Compare the Text in its Context ● Relate the Text to the Theme of the Mind & Self ● Focus: Close Analysis ● Focus: Thematic Link to the Mind & Self SH1 Common Test 2018 1. Unseen Poetry Comparison 2. Unseen Prose/Poetry 3. Age of Iron Theme-based Essay a. Focus: Link to Mind & Self Logistics Year 1 Timeline ○ Term 1: Prose Analysis ○ Term 2: Age of Iron and Essay Writing ○ Term 3: Ariel Conventions ● Open Book: Highlighting and Underlining Only ○ No Bookmarks, Folding, Post-its or Writing ● Start each question/section on a New piece of paper ● Names ○ Underline the Names of Prose ○ “” Names of Poems ● Quotations: Use “” and [grammatical changes for interweaving]

The Mind & Self

● Mind: The element of a person that enables them to ​ be aware of the world ​ and their experiences ​ , to ​ think ​ , and to ​ feel ● Self: A person's ​ essential being that distinguishes them from others ​ , especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action ○ Constructed by the mind in order to create a consistent sense of meaning, agency and individuality from the rush of experiences and thoughts in the midst of society ● Value of the self: BAD PIE ○ Purpose ○ Efficacy ○ Agency ○ Dignity ○ Individuality ○ Belonging Definition → Representation → Perception ● Process Changes over Time ● Perception: ○ Others ○ State of Society ○ Efficacy of Actions ○ Oneself Key Question How is one’s Identity Formed by their Perception of the World? ● Problems with methods of Definitions ○ Factors are in Flux ● Significance Problems ○ Physical Body ■ If a person were annihilated and a molecule-by-molecule replica was created simultaneously, would the replica be him? ■ Changes in Body: Ship of Theseus, Aging, Sickness ○ Psychological Factors: If all of a person’s memories, desires and psychological elements were switched with the Queen of England’s, who would be the original person?

○ Such definitions of Self by the Description of Qualities provide distinctions between Selves but do not explain which the Distinctions between Selves are Significant The Persistence Question What is necessary and sufficient for a past/future being to be him/herself? ● What is needed for identity to be consistent across time? Essentialism as a Response to the PQ For any specific kind of entity, there are a set of fixed and unalterable characteristics which any entity of that kind must possess in order to be classified as so ● Identity is a constant ● Challenge: Inevitable changes in maturity Somatic Approach Bodily continuity is necessary and sufficient sufficient in justifying that one is the same Person ● BUT