Martha Bedeaux's collections
Self and Place: Reflections and Refractions
<p>This lesson pairs Childe Hassam's <em>Tanagra (The Builders, New York) </em>(1918) with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) to help students consider the relationship(s) between character and space both in literature and in their own lives. </p>
<p>For comparison and practice, the lesson could be<em></em> repeated with <em>Portrait of Mnonja </em>by Mickalene Thomas (2010) and another work: "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker (1973), Baldwin's "Stranger in the Village," Langston Hughes' "Theme for English B." </p>
<p>The collection includes an excerpt from the introduction of Edith Wharton's <em>The Decoration of Houses </em>(1898). Another document includes comments on interior design from multiple sources.</p>
<p>Finally, while the lesson centers on interior landscape/decor, the collection includes multiple examples of external architecture, to use in an alternative warm-up activity. </p>
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