Mancannotdiscovernewoceansunlesshehasthecouragetolosesightoftheshore.
—AndreGide
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpectedtobeable
·toknowsomepopularpicaresquenovelsandfamouswriters,
·toknowDanielDefoeasapioneernovelistofEnglandandhisadventurenovel,
·toknowJonathanSwiftandtheartisticfeaturesofhiswritings,
·toenhancevocabularydevelopmentandotherlanguageskillsnecessaryforliterarystudies, and
·toimprovelanguageproficiencyandcriticalthinkingthroughthecontentofthisunit.
BeforeYouRead
? Whatkindofadventurousactivitiesappealtoyou? Whatisthemostadventurousexperienceofyourssofar?
, howwouldyouprepareforit?
1) ____________________________________________________
2) ____________________________________________________
3) ____________________________________________________
?
Pleasematchthemwiththeirauthors.
1) DanielDefoe
(1901)
2) RobertStevenson
’sMines(1886)
3) Cervantes
(1876)
4) RudyardKipling
(1883)
5) MarkTwain
(1844)
6)
(1722)
7) AlexandreDumas
(1605)
, ontheinternetorinthelibrary, moreinformationaboutadventurenovelsorpicaresquenarratives.Getreadyfora5-minutepresentationinclass.
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