The Passion of Artemisia外国文学导读指南系列丛书.pdfVIP

A T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E T O T H E P E N G U I N E D I T I O N O F SUSAN VREELAND’S THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA A Teacher’s Guide to Susan Vreeland’s The Passion of Artemisia 2 N O T E S T O T H E T E A C H E R Teachers are encouraged to make use of Susan Vreeland’s web site, , to download any material found there, and to send any topics or projects they devise to Susan Vreeland (susan@) for posting on the web site teacher’s guide. The Image Gallery of Artemisia’s paintings on the web site features those works which appear in the novel. Because emphasis is often placed on having students relate a piece of literature to themselves, to the world as they know it, and to other pieces of literature, topics and activities that fulfill these functions are marked as follows: T-S — Text to Self T-W — Text to the World T-T — Text to Text S U G G E S T E D S C E N E S F O R R E A D I N G A L O U D : 1. The opening court scene of Agostino’s trial and Artemisia’s torture, p. 1-7 2. Sister Graziela’s revelation of her life before the convent and her advice to Artemisia, p. 36-40. 3. Artemisia’s presentation of her paintings to the Accademia dell’ Arte in Florence, p. 62-64 4. Artemisia and Pietro’s romantic scene in Giotto’s bell tower in Florence, p. 158-162. 5. Artemisia’s scene challenging Pietro to accompany her to Genoa, and their breakup, p.167-170. 6. Artemisia and Palmira’s argument while mother is teaching painting to her daughter, p. 251-3 (This is particularly appropriate for a two-person dramatic reading.) 7. Artemisia’s letter to Galileo, p. 227-228