Teacher Guide

Kafka on the Shore Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will learn how to develop their own critical perspective using close-readings of the text, cultural/historical context, and other relevant works of literature as evidence to support their own interpretative argument, through class discussions and independent writing.

  2. 2

    Students will analyze literary techniques, such as allegory and allusion, to aid their interpretation of the text.

  3. 3

    Students will explore the meeting of Western and Eastern philosophies in the work, as well as the historical and cultural context in which the work was created...

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