AP LIT ALLUSIONS IN LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS IN TWO PARTS WITH A BONUS COMPONENT AND ALLOWS YOU TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR CREATIVITY.
PART ONE
¨ SELECT A STORY FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO UPDATE ITS SETTING AND SITUATION FOR MODERN READERS OR FORMULATE THE STORY FOR CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN. ILLUSTRATIONS ARE NECESSARY SO YOU MAY USE A STORY BOARD FORMAT OR CREATE A SMALL BOOK.
OR
¨ UPDATE A GREEK MYTH IN THE SAME MANNER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
PART TWO
¨ IN A BRIEF ESSAY, IDENTIFY THE ALLUSIONS FOUND IN THE TWO
ASSIGNED POEMS. YOU MUST DISCUSS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THEIR USE IN THE POEMS AND WHAT THEY ADD TO THEIR OVERALL
MEANINGS. ONE POEM IS FOUND IN YOUR TEXTBOOK AND THE
OTHER I WILL PROVIDE.
1. TEXT PAGE 735 – “ADAM’S SONG”
2. POE’S “TO HELEN”
BONUS
¨ WRITE A NEW MYTH TO EXPLAIN A NATURAL PHENOMENA OR MODERN INVENTION.
OR
¨ WRITE A POEM OF 10 – 15 LINES WHICH INCLUDES 3 – 5 ALLUSIONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT OR GREEK / ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. THE POEM MAY TAKE ANY FORM YOU SELECT.
DUE DATES
¨ A CLASS – NOVEMBER 8
¨ B CLASS – NOVEMBER 9
EDGAR ALLAN POE “TO HELEN”
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rome
.
Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand!
The agate lamp with thy hand,
Ah! Psyche from the regions which are holy land.
