Assignments: Herman Rapaport, from The Literary Theory Toolkit

1.      Literary Language and Multiple Meanings (intro, read passages)

metaphor and  metonomy (Dickinson)

2. Groups: quickly summarize what each is, according to Rapaport, and explain an example he uses in the text to share with the class:

Group 1: Miranda, Greg, Samantha, Eric

juxtaposition

analogy

Group 2: Dequan, Chris, George, Tyler

allegory

emulation

Group 3: Devon, Mykea, Alana, Kaitlyn, Savannah

imitation (mimesis)

objective correlative

Group 4: Ashley, Nick, Isaac, Jeremy

language poetry

new sentence

sound poetry

3.      write: write a piece that incorporates some thinking from the language poetry, new sentence, or sound/concrete poetry section (choose one); this is open to interpretation so think about what Rapaport is saying about that particular kind of writing and create a piece of your own which comes from that kind of thinking about writing. You can use a topic or theme from the text as a starting point, or rewrite/imitate one of the examples he gives in your own words.