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Lesson 1 (from Part I: Lispenard Street)
Objective
Students will analyze how Yanagihara brings together elements within the exposition stage of A Little Life in order to set up a complex world that will serve multiple functions as the novel progresses.
Plot development is an incredibly important and multifaceted element of any novel, and Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life is no exception. In particular, the exposition stage of a novel about four very different friends who meet in college and form lifelong friendships must be effective in getting across to the reader an array of different characters, their personalities, their habits, their quirks, and any other information useful to setting up the world imagined by Yanigihara. In addition, Yanagihara’s effective use of the exposition phase is crucial to setting up major themes of the work, such as friendship, grief, and secrecy. By analyzing the exposition phase of a saga surpassing 800 pages, students...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.4, 9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.4, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.5, 11-12.5
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