Post by Charlynn on Dec 3, 2010 11:14:11 GMT -5
Humans are generally curious creatures, and this is especially true for teenagers. So, appeal to this trait. Young adult librarians can intrigue their patrons into reading the classics by dropping hints, by mentioning things from the classics that might interest the students but refusing to explain more, and by even challenging them to figure out trivia questions by reading classic literature. One way to do this would be to have Power Point presentations featuring famous quotes from famous, classic books and plays flashing across a screen where YA patrons could see the clues. Such examples follow.
Students could even submit their own quotes and trivia questions to be used in the Power Point presentations after they have read a work of classic literature.
"I know this... a man got to do what he got to do."
....
And you thought classic literature consisted of language too sophisticated for the average reader.
Famous First Lines...
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
From what famous, classic novel does this opening line originate from?
"I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense."
See.
You're not the only one who feels this way.
Start exploring classic literature to find out which legendary character felt this way and said this compelling, relatable line.
“So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.”
Well, if nothing else, that would certainly change the legal driving age.
Check out the classic literature section today, and maybe you'll pick up the very book which expresses this humorous yet perhaps insightful idea.
Famous Last Lines...
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
This closing remark concluded a monumental work of classic literature, one that, to this day, is still inspiring authors.
Close your eyes. Imagine this scene. What book that you have read does it remind you of? Have a book in mind? Now, go and discover what is perhaps the most famous of all the Gothic novels, the one that inspired all of the rest.
A play can be just as influential as a novel.
Want proof?
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
Start discovering classic literature today to find out what playwright created such a humorous yet true line of dialogue.
Sometimes, the shortest of lines can pack the most powerful of punches.
An example:
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Agree? Disagree? Start exploring classic literature to find the source of this quote... and the source of such a pessimistic attitude.
“'All wars are sacred,' he said. 'To those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight? But, no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money. All wars are in reality money squabbles. But so few people ever realize it. Their ears are too full of bugles and drums and fine words from stay-at-home orators. Sometimes the rallying cry is 'Save the Tomb of Christ from the Heathen!' Sometimes it's 'Down with Popery!' and sometimes 'Liberty!' and sometimes 'Cotton, Slavery and States' Rights!'”
It's only right that a classic novel of such epic popularity and influence would contain lines of equally epic veracity and insight.
Determine which classic work contains this line, read the book, and then prepare to swoon, for the character who said this famous quote really is just that delicious. It's a fact.
“When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.”
Excuse me?
Did he just say what I think he said?
Why, what an arrogant, chauvinistic...
Start reading classic literature today to find out exactly which beloved (and, yes, arrogant and chauvinistic, too) character spoke this memorable line.
Love is grand. Love is glorious. And love is tragic. But, sometimes, love is even more complicated than that.
“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say."
Want to get burned?
Discover classic literature and the book which contains this line today!
First, he was Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Then, he was Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road. Now, Leonardo Dicaprio is going to star in a film adaptation of the classic novel whose final line is this:
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Before the movie is released, read the book. Discover classic literature.
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones."
Prejudices just don't exist against other people; prejudices also exist against classic literature, too. So, ignore misconceptions. Buck stereotypical fallacies. And take pride in reading the classics.
....
And you thought classic literature consisted of language too sophisticated for the average reader.
Famous First Lines...
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
From what famous, classic novel does this opening line originate from?
"I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense."
See.
You're not the only one who feels this way.
Start exploring classic literature to find out which legendary character felt this way and said this compelling, relatable line.
“So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.”
Well, if nothing else, that would certainly change the legal driving age.
Check out the classic literature section today, and maybe you'll pick up the very book which expresses this humorous yet perhaps insightful idea.
Famous Last Lines...
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
This closing remark concluded a monumental work of classic literature, one that, to this day, is still inspiring authors.
Close your eyes. Imagine this scene. What book that you have read does it remind you of? Have a book in mind? Now, go and discover what is perhaps the most famous of all the Gothic novels, the one that inspired all of the rest.
A play can be just as influential as a novel.
Want proof?
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
Start discovering classic literature today to find out what playwright created such a humorous yet true line of dialogue.
Sometimes, the shortest of lines can pack the most powerful of punches.
An example:
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Agree? Disagree? Start exploring classic literature to find the source of this quote... and the source of such a pessimistic attitude.
“'All wars are sacred,' he said. 'To those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight? But, no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money. All wars are in reality money squabbles. But so few people ever realize it. Their ears are too full of bugles and drums and fine words from stay-at-home orators. Sometimes the rallying cry is 'Save the Tomb of Christ from the Heathen!' Sometimes it's 'Down with Popery!' and sometimes 'Liberty!' and sometimes 'Cotton, Slavery and States' Rights!'”
It's only right that a classic novel of such epic popularity and influence would contain lines of equally epic veracity and insight.
Determine which classic work contains this line, read the book, and then prepare to swoon, for the character who said this famous quote really is just that delicious. It's a fact.
“When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.”
Excuse me?
Did he just say what I think he said?
Why, what an arrogant, chauvinistic...
Start reading classic literature today to find out exactly which beloved (and, yes, arrogant and chauvinistic, too) character spoke this memorable line.
Love is grand. Love is glorious. And love is tragic. But, sometimes, love is even more complicated than that.
“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say."
Want to get burned?
Discover classic literature and the book which contains this line today!
First, he was Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Then, he was Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road. Now, Leonardo Dicaprio is going to star in a film adaptation of the classic novel whose final line is this:
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Before the movie is released, read the book. Discover classic literature.
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones."
Prejudices just don't exist against other people; prejudices also exist against classic literature, too. So, ignore misconceptions. Buck stereotypical fallacies. And take pride in reading the classics.
Students could even submit their own quotes and trivia questions to be used in the Power Point presentations after they have read a work of classic literature.