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What is World Literature?
World Literature is your airline ticket to visit countries around the
globe.
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It’s a bike ride through new terrain.
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But don’t get the wrong idea because world literature is not all fun and games.
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Understanding an unfamiliar cultural context as it is
portrayed in world literaturerequires an understanding ofsocial, political, geographical,
cultural, religious, and historical circumstances.
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Why is this understanding important?
• Without this information, we can’t fully understand the theme, characters, setting, plot and other literary elements in a novel.
• We can’t fully appreciate what we are reading without taking the time to explore the social, political, geographical, cultural, religious, and historical circumstances in the novel.
• This takes hard work and dedication.
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Background and Setting: The Gift of Rain
• Pre-reading activities: the setting of the novel• The author, Tan Twan Eng, was born in
Malaysia and embeds his historical novel in the pre-World War II life of the country.
• What do you know about the country?• Google Map work • Worksheet
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The Setting of the Novel: To Do
• Bookmark the Google Map site for future reference as you read the novel
• Read 30 pages in the novel for tomorrow• Use the maps to locate the cities and
countries you will encounter in the reading for tomorrow
• Begin to think about how setting impacts the characters you will meet / IMPORTANT
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Homework for Wednesday (Day 3)
• Read to page 60 / 30 pages each night• Continue to actively consider how the setting
will impact the characters you meet.• Write a complete paragraph with a thesis
statement answering the question: How does the setting impact one character you meet in the novel? Include textual support.
• Follow the instructions on the rubric.