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Students will often have a natural curiosity, which will help guide them to seek meaning in a poem.
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Cavaliers and why?
The Cavalier Poets (A term paper for writing 316) Working Bibliogrphy (A term paper for writing 316) Project for Wr. 316/Engl 339
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The choices of literature we use vary including works by African Americans, British writers, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and many others. One specific area of texts we can look at, as having validity in guiding our students in either academia or preparing for the life as adults, are the Cavalier Poets of British Literature. The texts offered by these poets are many and vary in literary value. If we seek texts that have messages for our students to help them on their journey through college or the workplace, or even life in general the Cavalier Poets have much to offer, when presented to the students using the most appropriate literary criticisms. The themes of these poems can help the student to come to a better understanding of the differences in literary formation, if we teach them using the correct techniques. According to Uvic , The Writers Guide, the theme of a literary work is, "sometimes used to in the same sense as motif to signify recurring concepts in literature, the term mainly refers to the argument or general idea expressed by a literary work, whether implied or explicitly stated" (Uvic). These recurring situations or incidents can have meaning to the reader, which in this case would be a high school student. The students can observe these themes in the text, and begin to ask questions in an attempt to make sense of the literary work. As teachers, it is our responsibility to find ways to help the students find their answers, or at least help them begin the find them. Reader Response New Criticism Essay Working Bibliography
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