this week's theme: words having to do with endings
n.,
ca⋅thar⋅sis [kuh-thahr-sis] Show IPA –noun, plural -ses [-seez] Show IPA . 1. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. 2. Medicine/Medical. purgation. 3. Psychiatry. a. psychotherapy that encourages or permits the discharge of pent-up, socially unacceptable affects. b. discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition. Origin: 1795–1805; < NL < Gk kátharsis a cleansing, equiv. to kathar- (var. s. of kathaírein to cleanse, deriv. of katharós pure) + -sis -
Quote of the Week: “If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it." - Tennessee Williams
Website of the Week: 40 Useful and Creative Infographics
American Literature:
1. Livejrournal #8 due; In-class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
2. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
3. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
4. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
5. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
May 18-May 22
1. Credo/Trilogy due; Credo/Trilogy Presentations Begin
2. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
3. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
4. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
5. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
May 25-May 29
1. Memorial Day Holiday
2. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
3. Exam Review
Southern Literature and Culture
1. Give me revisions/final writings; In class: Elvis, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner
2. Give me revisions/final writings; In class: Elvis, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner
3. Course wrap-up; exemptions
4. Exam Review
5. Senior History Exam
May 18
1. Senior English Exam
n.,
ca⋅thar⋅sis [kuh-thahr-sis] Show IPA –noun, plural -ses [-seez] Show IPA . 1. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. 2. Medicine/Medical. purgation. 3. Psychiatry. a. psychotherapy that encourages or permits the discharge of pent-up, socially unacceptable affects. b. discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition. Origin: 1795–1805; < NL < Gk kátharsis a cleansing, equiv. to kathar- (var. s. of kathaírein to cleanse, deriv. of katharós pure) + -sis -
Quote of the Week: “If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it." - Tennessee Williams
Website of the Week: 40 Useful and Creative Infographics
American Literature:
1. Livejrournal #8 due; In-class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
2. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
3. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
4. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
5. Work on Credo/Trilogy; In-Class A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
May 18-May 22
1. Credo/Trilogy due; Credo/Trilogy Presentations Begin
2. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
3. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
4. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
5. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
May 25-May 29
1. Memorial Day Holiday
2. Credo/Trilogy Presentations
3. Exam Review
Southern Literature and Culture
1. Give me revisions/final writings; In class: Elvis, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner
2. Give me revisions/final writings; In class: Elvis, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner
3. Course wrap-up; exemptions
4. Exam Review
5. Senior History Exam
May 18
1. Senior English Exam
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