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
https://excellence-in-literature.com/memoir-as-post-modern-history/
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol1/iss2/3/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Soren-Kierkegaard
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/131christians/moversandshakers/kierkegaard.html
https://formeraspiringphilosopher.com/2015/12/14/the-king-the-maiden-kierkegaards-christmas-parable/
https://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:
https://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/summaries/merchant_of_venice/merchant_of_venice_summary.htm
https://excellence-in-literature.com/babettes-feast-the-beatific-vision/
The Author’s Life
Roger Leslie’s Isak Dinesen: Gothic Storyteller
https://blixen.dk/en/karen-blixen/karen-blixens-life
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4911/the-art-of-fiction-no-14-isak-dinesen
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/12/travel/in-search-of-karen-blixen-s-kenya.html
Poetry
https://excellence-in-literature.com/a-e-housman-poetry
https://excellence-in-literature.com/rainer-maria-rilke-poetry/
https://excellence-in-literature.com/marianne-moore-poetry/
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
http://www.karenblixen.com/question50.html
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
https://blixen.dk/en/visit-the-museum
https://www.museums.or.ke/karen-blixen/
Index of World Literature context link pages
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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)
