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Huckleberry Finn opens with a warning from its author that misinterpreting readers will be shot. Despite the danger, readers have been approaching the novel from such diverse critical perspectives for 120 years that it is both commonly taught and frequently banned, for a variety of reasons. Studying both the novel and its critics with an emphasis on cultural context will help students develop analytical tools essential for navigating this work and other American controversies. This lesson asks students to combine internet historical research with critical reading. Then students will produce several writing assignments exploring what readers see in Huckleberry Finn and why they see it that way.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- Literature
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Provider Set:
- EDSITEment!
- Date Added:
- 08/05/2013
