Month: August 2018
Chapter One: Task Outline
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 Grammar of Dystopia
The Dystopia genre has its own grammar – This close reading of the opening page of Nineteen Eighty-Four offers a clear insight into the grammatical means by which George Orwell infused his futuristic vision with an eerie authenticity.
Practise Analysis – Sample Response 2
“In the world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” In a visual text the most significant ideas are often conveyed through the images and symbols presented to the viewer. The film Minority Report, …
Practice Analysis – Sample Response
Good literature enlightens; great literature inspires action Some may believe that literature’s role is largely archival, that it simply records moments of human endeavour and imagination, thereby making the great literary canon simply a vault, …