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.
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.
As part of the development of your “Chapter One” dystopian creative writing piece, we are exploring a variety of grammatical forms that are prevalent in the genre. Today: Relative Clauses
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 3.1 AS91475
An introduction to Marxist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what Marxist literary critics do’
An introduction to feminist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what feminist literary critics do’
How does Nineteen Eighty-Four help us to define the genre “Dystpian Literary Fiction”?
An exemplar demonstrating one way of producing the analysis required in relation to any self-selected quotation from the text.
Fragments of historical information to put into context the social/historical norms at the time George Orwell wrote “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
This advertisement, aired during the Super Bowl in 1984 shows Apple’s advertising agency tapping into the Cold War anxieties about totalitarianism to present it’s new computer products. How does this ad appear to us now Apple has become one of the world’s largest multinational companies?
Exploring different approaches we can take to expand on a selected quotation.
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.
