The Literary History Project

A Humanities Project for Language and Literature

In this semester the class will endeavour to learn about the history, literature and art from many periods of recorded time.The class will make webpages that, when compiled, will make up a valuable resource of information.

As the class studies a featured piece of literature, it will also work on areas around the time period being read. Webpages will` be created that are both informative and evaluative in scope.

Time Period	Literature Studied	Dates
Classical Greek	*Antigone* *(read entire play by 3/8)*	Feb. 13- Mar. 17 annotated bibliography is due 3/2 powerpoint of art and architecture is due 3/9 hypertext essay of Antigone is due 3/21
Medieval	*The Canterbury Tales*	Mar 20- Mar 31 annotated bibliography is due 3/27 powerpoint of art and architecture is due 3/31 Creative Writing Assignment is due 4/4
Restoration	*A Modest Proposal* *1960's Protest Songs* *The Unknown Citizen*	Apr 10- May 5 Complete the Satire and Irony assignments.
Modern	Selected Short Stories	May 8- 26
Post Modern	*Cinema and Literature Unit*	May 29- June 9

Requirements: Each scholar will link to their own webpage a Literary History Project page which will contain:

An annotated bibliography that informs and evaluates about:
- significant historical events
- important authors
- important political figures
- important artists
  
  Use the Landmarks Citation Machine to properly format your citation: http://citationmachine.net/
A powerpoint presentation of at least 15 slides of art and architecture.

A hypertext essay on a major theme of the featured literary work.

A log of online posts from the language and lit discussion forum will be submitted or published online.