Monday,+May+20

Bell-Ringer: Vocabulary
Friday, we read the article from //The New Yorker//, "Is 'Anna Karenina' a Love Story?" Find the following words in the text and annotate their meanings:
 * metafictional
 * counterfactuals
 * martyr
 * anti-hero
 * fatalistic
 * reverent

Discussion: //Anna Karenina//

 * Ideas about symbolism of the stage?
 * What do you think Levin "understood" at the end of the movie?
 * Is it a love story?
 * Is Anna an anti-hero or a "martyr to Love"?
 * What is Rothman's "so what" in his article?
 * According to Rothman, how do the themes of Wright's version of the movie and Tolstoy's novel differ?