October 8, 2012

WORLD LITERATURE MS. HALLETT

HERMANN HESSE (1877 – 1962)

• What is important and significant?

• What stuck out the most?

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

• Why is it important to read about someone’s life?

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Self and Family

Born in the Black Forest town of Calw, in Germany, Wuttenberg, on July 2, 1877. From a religious family who expected him to study theology.

Married 3 timesMaria Bernoulli (3 kids)Ruth Wenger Ninon Dolbin

HERMANN HESSE

His work focused on the duality of spirit and nature, body versus mind, and the individual’s spiritual search outside the restrictions of the society.

Was a huge traveler:• Switzerland• Montagnola • India

LIFE AS A POET AND NOVELIST

While on his visit to India in 1911, Hesse was highly influenced by the ancient Hindus and ancient Chinese cultures. In 1922, Hesse wrote Siddhartha, a novel based on Buddhism.

Hesse received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. He later died of cerebral hemorrhage in his sleep on August 9, 1962 at the 85.

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• We use literature in a broad sense, to mean “compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas”.

WHAT IS LITERATURE AND WHY DO WE STUDY IT?

• Helps us grow (personally and intellectually)

• Develops our imagination • Increases our understanding • Recognize human dreams and

struggles • It makes us human

WHAT WE GAIN FROM IT

Originally, fiction meant anything made up, crafted, or shaped, based

on the imagination of authors.

FICTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6IWX1_XHQ

Morals, traditions, beliefs, and practices

Write and or just discuss some of your own.

ANIMANIACS

• Find an article, short story, essay, newspaper, ect… that explains what Buddhism means.

• Actively read it using QUACK Marks, print it out, and write one paragraph explaining what it is.

HOMEWORK