Grimmelshausen, Adventures of a Simpleton, 51-116.
13:30 tutorial leaders: Brent Williamson, Gabriel Walec
14:30 tutorial leaders: Alan Fung, Stu Russel
Tutorial leaders: Your job is to lead a class discussion of today's reading. Book 2 of The Adventures of a Simpleton (Simplicissimus) affords us a variety of perspectives on life during the Thirty Years War. You could get us to discuss what it meant to live during the War and to connect this with larger themes that we have already encountered in our readings about the War. Remember that the novel is a work of fiction set within actual historical events, e.g. the sieges of Hanau and Magdeburg. Is its primary fucntion to describe the war, or does it have moral (or some other) message not necessarily related to the War?
By leading a discussion I do not mean make a presentation. You need to think of ways of getting your classmates to address the essential facts and larger themes of the reading. You may do this however you wish (split the class into groups, organize a debate or game, direct our attention to specific passges in the chapter, etc.), but I expect that you will proceed by asking questions in one form or another.
You should be able to depend on your classmates' cooperation. They know what your assignment is, and they should prepare themselves accordingly to make sure that they understand the material and to support you.
At the end of class, please submit a typed plan for the assignemnt, e.g. the questions you devise and where you think they should lead the discussion.
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