World Literature Module 5.9
Out of Africa
Study Guide: World Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 5)
Focus Text: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, a pseudonym for Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke
“Babette’s Feast” by Isak Dinesen (a short story)
Honors Text:
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton OR
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis
EIL 5.9 Context Resources
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
http://www.thenation.com/article/theater-isak-dinesen
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/131christians/moversandshakers/kierkegaard.html
http://trinitypastor.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/kierkegaard-a-parable-of-a-king-and-a-maiden/
https://excellence-in-literature.com/memoir-as-post-modern-history-by-paul-gregory-alms
http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1867&context=jrf
http://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/243230.html
https://excellence-in-literature.com/babettes-feast-the-beatific-vision
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean:
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/summaries/merchant_of_venice/merchant_of_venice_summary.htm
The Author’s Life
Roger Leslie’s Isak Dinesen: Gothic Storyteller
http://www.parisreview.com/viewinterview.php/prmMID/4911
http://blixen.dk/life-writings/karen-blixens-life/chronology/?lang=en
Poetry
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/housman-e
https://excellence-in-literature.com/a-e-housman-poetry
Assigned poems are listed in the study guide.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/295
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/96
Audio
Music
http://www.impresario.ch/opera/nuce/nutmoz.htm
https://excellence-in-literature.com/out-of-africa-soundtrack-music
Video
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/parentalguide
Visual Arts
https://excellence-in-literature.com/art-2/british-artists
https://excellence-in-literature.com/art-2/italian-artists
https://excellence-in-literature.com/art-2/dutch-masters
Historic Context
https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/10/207/
https://excellence-in-literature.com/history-of-kenya-by-bamber-gascoigne
Places to Go
http://www.museums.or.ke/karen-blixen/
Index of World Literature context link pages
Note: All Amazon links are affiliate links provided for your convenience; full information in footer.
World Literature Texts (recommended editions)
World Lit study guide, and links to focus and honors texts (opens in a new tab at the author’s Everyday Education site)
