"King Lear" CHARACTERS -- Shakespeare's "King Lear" ... from 60second Re...

Death and the Maiden's haunting relevance

Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean American novelist and playwright. His works include the Laurence Olivier award-winning play Death and the Maiden. His latest books are Other Septembers, Many Americas and the novel, Burning City, written with his youngest son Joaquin.




http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/14/death-maiden-relevance-play

SHAKESPEARE - James Shapiro Edits New Anthology on Shakespeare in America

Introduction to Existentialism

Postmodernism and Modernism

    

Postmodernism and Modernism - postmodernism denies the idea of one major narrative which 'explains' the human condition and even history itself. There are many micro narratives.

How to take Cornell notes

Sonnet 116' by William Shakespeare: A* Analysis - www.mrbruff.com

Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 116 Analysis

How to: MLA Manuscript Format

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 -- Let me not to the marriage

Sir Jonathan Miller on Directing King Lear

Michael Pennington: Extended KING LEAR Interview

King Lear - BBC Shakespeare Collection

Suggestion: use this video as an audio soundtrack while you read the actual text in your book. Pause as you need to do so and annotate your book. 

"King Lear" is not difficult - the language is wonderful, use your eye to read and ear to listen. Michael Hordern is powerful and clear as "King Lear".

Bernhard Schlink author of The Reader

               


Academic article on psychoanalytical approach to the novel.

http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/thereaderBennettRoth.pdf

Ralph Fiennes - Interview "The Reader" - 1

                                          

  

Ralph Fiennes - Interview "The Reader" -1&2

O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman : The Poetry Foundation

O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman : The Poetry Foundation

O Me! O Life!

BY WALT WHITMAN

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,

Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,

Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)

Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,

Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,

Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,

The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

                                       Answer.

That you are here—that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Source: Leaves of Grass (1892)

Syria refugee children bring Shakespeare to life in Jordan

Sweet Delight, Endless Night - William Blake

"every night and every morn, 

some to misery are born. 
every morn and every night,
some are born to sweet delight.
some are born to sweet delight,
some are born to endless night."

William Blake.

Literature and TOK help us join the dots between different areas of knowledge and I hope you enjoy this piece of music inspired by a poem written long ago. William Blake still inspires many today.

Blake's Ancient of Days. The "Ancient of Days"

(Wikipedia).

Reminder - all HL students need to order this book please and thank you :)

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This book will help you with your World Lit Essays and all parts of the literature course. It's also interesting and important to prepare you for University and the academic discourse around many social and cultural issues.

King Lear - BBC Shakespeare Collection