Continue preparing for tomorrow’s student-led presentations on The Magic Theater!
Steppenwolf: The Magic Theater
- Through analysis of Hesse’s Magic Theater you should be able to draw psychological/thematic conclusions related to Harry’s journey toward individuation. You should make Jungian connections!!!
- Additionally, you are to help one another prepare for presentations/lectures later in the week and ultimately for the term final essay in January.
By the end of this period you should have finalized a formal/organized lecture on your assigned room. This should include:
- Objective: What should we know by the end of the lecture?
- Detailed outline of how you will illustrate/illuminate your objective. (This absolutely must include textual evidence. Additionally, you should make explicit connections to other stages of his journey.)
Guidance (Keep the following in mind):
* Pablo welcomes Harry to the Magic Theater! (175) Consider the significance of his role.
- “It is the world of your own soul that you seek.” (175)
- Behind each door exactly what you seek awaits you. (176)
- You will introduce yourself to it (the theater) by means of a trifling suicide. (177)
The Rooms:
- Jolly Hunting: Great Hunt in Automobiles (180-190)
- Guidance in the Building up of the Personality (191-194)
- Marvelous Taming of the Steppenwolf (194-196)
- All Girls are Yours (197-203)
- How One Kills for Love (203-208)
Finally, in preparation for your presentation, consider:
- The Objective
- The specific experiences of your assigned room
- What do those experiences suggest about Harry’s state of mind (emotionally, mentally, etc.)?
- Where is Jung in all of this?
