Unit 2: Literary Tools & Techniques

What am I doing? Not a Masters (NaM). AP English and damn near a minor in English during my undergraduate degree means that my box of literary tools and techniques was filled during my earlier educational endeavours. However, I believe I can dive deeper into literary craft and identify weaknesses in existing writing. Unit Readings: Words Are My Matter — Ursula K. Le Guin The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness — Walter Benjamin Why these two together Having never read either of these books, I’m not expecting them to pair perfectly together, especially if this unit is focused on tools and techniques. However, the cover text to the Ursula K. Le Guin book makes me suppose that I can glean some technique from her while leaning into the legitimacy lesson from the first unit. Both Ursula K. Le Guin and Walter Benjamin put value in oral literature, myths and dreams, so we bridge the first unit to the second with more reflection on the sacred act of storytelling. If the unit is on writing…