Alice and Surrealism

7/30/2019 Alice and Surrealism

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That bit was weird.


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Opening Activity Look at the illustrations in our edition of the Alice

books.

Choose one that you find particularly interesting.Write a paragraph to describe the picture in your own

words, and to explain why you find it interestingand/or effective.


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Group Work for todayYou can work on your own, or in a group of up to 4.

Every individual is responsible, however, for turning inhis or her own individual work for the Ticket to

Leave.


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Surrealism look at these

paintings

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_i

d=79018 http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/M

OD_6.shtml#

What are the painters saying about the society or

culture in which they were living? (1 sentence on eachpainting)
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79018http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79018http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_6.shtmlhttp://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_6.shtmlhttp://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_6.shtmlhttp://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_6.shtmlhttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79018http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79018http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79018


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Distortion Flannery O'Connor said that distortion is often a way

of leading people to see the truth. Answer thefollowing questions:

1. What distortions does each painting focus on?

2. What truth do these distortions lead you the viewerto find or think about?

3. What distortions did you notice as you readAlicesAdventures in Wonderlandand Through the LookingGlass? What truth do these distortions lead you thereader to find or think about?


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Artists Representing Alice Look at the images and read the essays on the

following website:

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/artov.html

Discussion 1 is rather long, so use it as a reference for

your discussions. Discuss the questions presented inDiscussions 2, 3, and 4.
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/artov.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/artov.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/artov.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/artov.html


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Artists representing Alice Navigate to this site:

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-

liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderland

Read the introduction page, then watch the videohere: http://www.tate.org.uk/context-

comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpool

Discuss: In what ways have illustrations of Alice

changed over time?
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-alice-wonderland-tate-liverpoolhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderlandhttp://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/alice-wonderland


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Artists representing Alice Browse through these two articles describing items in

the Tate gallery exhibition:

http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouser

http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-

what-i-choose-it-mean

What aspects of Victorian Society did Carroll and hisillustrators seek to explore?
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/when-i-use-word-it-means-just-what-i-choose-it-meanhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouserhttp://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/curiouser-and-curiouser


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Class discussion Reassemble in classroom at (TIME) to go over what we

have learned today!


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Reflection/Ticket to leave Write a multi-paragraph response (150-200) words. Post to

turnitin.com prior to next class: What have you learned about how both Carroll and the

artists who have depicted Alice comment on reality? L0: lazy, facile, or insulting answer L1: describes what Carroll and artists say about reality in

general terms L2: gives specific examples from text and artwork to show

how Carroll and artists make specific comments aboutsociety. L3: reflects on how studying the artworks and the Alice

books in this way might affect how you read other books orview visual media.


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Done all that? Explore the Wondermind game from the Tate gallery

website:

http://wondermind.tate.org.uk/
http://wondermind.tate.org.uk/http://wondermind.tate.org.uk/

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Alice and Surrealism