The acceptance of contrary opinions or beliefs at the same time
Fake Plastic Trees: A green plastic watering can For a fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears …
This task is an extension of our Dystopian genre study. This is an opportunity to explore how the unifying elements of the genre are employed across different texts by different authors to form warnings about the future.
This task is an extension of our genre study of the dystopia Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. This is an opportunity to create your own dystopia, grounded in the socio-political anxieties of our time.
The system is perfect until it comes after you.
The system is perfect until it comes after you.
Present a speech to the class using devices and techniques of propaganda to advance a strong view.
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell
A shared whiteboard where the class records examples of a range of logical fallacies
Guidance supporting preparation of a critical review of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four that is supported by assessment by New Zealand’s NCEA framework. NCEA English 3.4 AS91475
How does Nineteen Eighty-Four help us to define the genre “Dystpian Literary Fiction”?
These are the articles I read to the class about some of the historical antecedents to Nineteen Eighty-Four [google-drive-embed url=”https://drive.google.com/a/edutronic.net/file/d/1l_zuOpEAdjqoL2kbVqQwcdIlGp–oM06/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Death of truth: when propaganda and ‘alternative facts’ first gripped the world | Media | …
An introduction to feminist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what feminist literary critics do’
An introduction to Marxist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what Marxist literary critics do’
