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Lang & Lit: Q3 - W1
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Existentialism & Absurdism
IB Lang & Lit Year 2
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Warm-Up: 01.22.18
Think back to the contextual overview of Camus I shared last week.
Brainstorm with a neighbor information you remember from that presentation.
Monday,
Jan 22
Learning Targets
- I can summarize the basic tenents of existentialism.
- I can describe existentialist philosophy to someone who has never heard of it before.
Agenda & Learning Targets
Agenda
- Warm-Up
- Overview of Existentialism & Absurdism
- Questions of Existence Circle
Philosophical TL;DR
Item 1
Nihilism: there is no meaning and it is pointless to try.
Existentialism: we give things meaning – it is subjective not objective. We are condemned to the responsibility of freedom – completely free to choose, we must live with the consequences of this freedom.
Absurdism: there is no logic or meaning in the world, except what we give it (like existentialism). Additionally: there is no good or bad. All human effort is futile because of the Great Conflict: there is no meaning, yet humans won’t stop searching for meaning. Therefore, humans tend to become religious or accept the absurd.
According to Existentialists...
Item 2
You are completely free to choose who you are or do anything you want, given that there are consequences to your actions.
You are absolutely free and absolutely responsible.
Existentialism
Item 3
A philosophy (some view it as a philosophical movement or approach) that started to become popular after World War II in the 1940's.
Existentialist Thinkers
Thinkers
Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche,
Sartre
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Kierkegaard
Considered the first existential philosopher (though he did not use the term)
He proposed-
Each individual - not society or religion - is solely responsible for giving meaning to life and living it passionately and sincerely (authentically).
Sartre
Things (physical, tangible objects) exist and humans assign them meaning.
Existentialists believe that meaning is arbitrary and artificial. This doesn't mean that they don't assign meaning, but they are aware that they are assigning it.
What is Existentialism?
Absurdism
The world is devoid of rational meaning.
There is no meaning in the world beyond what we give it.
No such thing as a "good person" or a "bad person." Things just happen. Anything can happen to anyone.
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Conflict
Absurdism Conflict
1. Human tendency to seek meaning in life, and
2. the human inability to find any.
How do we solve Absurdism's conflict?
Three Ways to Solve Conflict
Literal Suicide: Camus thinks this is a cop out. It doesn’t counter the absurd but rather affirms it.
Philosophical suicide: when people stop thinking. Also stupid. They delude themselves and create false meaning and false purpose in order to not deal with the reality of the absurd purposelessness of existence.
Acceptance: Once you accept the absurdity of existence, you will experience the purest form of freedom. Content with personal meaning created in the process of accepting the absurd.
Warm-Up: 01.24.18
- Take out your SID sheet to be stamped.
- Review Part I with a neighbor.
- We will take our quiz on Part 1 shortly!
Wednesday,
Jan 24
Learning Targets
- I can support my ideas with evidence from the text.
- I can ask interpretive or evaluative questions.
Agenda
Agenda
- Warm-Up
- The Stranger Part 1 Quiz & SID
The Stranger Debate
Quarterly
Sales Summary
- Summative Assessment
- Two roles: debater or audience member
- Choice of role and debate topic
- Four articles
- In-class work days (1/30-31)
- Debate on (2/02)
- 50 points
- Winning debate team can earn 5 extra credit points
Warm-Up: 01.29.18
01.29
Make a bullet pointed list indicating AT LEAST three major plot points of Part I of The Stranger.
When you finish, take out your The Stranger debate guidelines handout from Wednesday.
Learning Targets
- I can creatively convey my analysis of Part I of The Stranger.
- I can become familiar with the debate guidelines and expectations.
Agenda
- Warm-Up
- The Stranger group activities
- Debate choices
Group Activities
1. Break up into FIVE groups of similar sizes.
2. Each group will receive a task. Your group must
complete the task on a sheet of poster paper.
3. We will share what we created at the end of the hour.
Group Activities
The Stranger Debate
Debate Guidelines
- Summative Assessment
- Two roles: debater or audience member
- Choice of role and debate topic
- Four articles
- In-class work days (1/30-31)
- Debate on (2/02)
- 50 points
- Winning debate team can earn 5 extra credit points
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Debate Poll
On your half sheet, circle which of the three debate topics you would like the class to debate.
Secondly, circle which role you would like to have in the debate.
Warm-Up: 01.30.18
Review our debate topic: letter C.
Draw a continuum (like the one below) and place a mark where you feel you land on the issue in this moment.
When you finish, on your sheet, add it to the continuum on the board.
Losses
Agree
Disagree
Learning Target
I can determine and explain my stance on a topic related to The Stranger.
Agenda
Warm-Up
Debate Prep
Debate Prep
Debaters:
- Form your two groups
- Review the debate structure and discuss who will do what
- Read at least one article today in class
Debate Prep
Audience:
- Read at least TWO articles today in class
- Take notes either digitally or by hand anything that will support your stance on our debate topic.