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Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution X - Gentofte HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e)
Hold 2024 2 EN (2 EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Dystopia - EKSAMEN
Titel 2 Gothic Horror - EKSAMEN
Titel 3 Cli-Fi. Writing for Change. - EKSAMEN
Titel 4 Poetry
Titel 5 Refugee Narratives - EKSAMEN
Titel 6 Værkslæsning - EKSAMEN

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Dystopia - EKSAMEN

Eleverne er blevet præsenteret for de forskellige definitioner og karakteristika i hhv. en dystopisk og en utopisk fortælling. De har oparbejdet et emnespecifikt ordforråd om dystopia-genren. De kan redegøre for de 4 dystopiske samfundsformer samt "the dystopian hero". Fokus har været på personkarakteristik samt miljøbeskrivelse. Eleverne har undervejs gjort sig overvejelser om, hvorvidt vores samfund er på vej i en dystopisk retning. De har draget paralleller imellem dystopien og nutidige Amerikanske samfundsforhold. De har også gjort sig overvejelser omkring, hvorvidt et utopisk samfund er opnåetligt.

Eleverne har afleveret et essay om Ray Bradbury's novelle, "The Veldt".
Eleverne har lavet et kreativt projekt baseret på Shirley Jackson's novelle, "The Lottery"

PENSUM:
- "Utopia - Dystopia", YouTube video
- "How to Recognise a Dystopia", TedEd
- "What a Wonderful World" (1967), song by Bob Thiele and George David Wiess
- "The Veldt" (1961), short story by Ray Bradbury
- "The Lottery" (1948)
- "EVA" (2019), short film by DUST

UDVIDET PENSUM for A-niveau:
- "Someone Might Be Watching: An Introduction to Dystopian Fiction" (2017), article by Shelby Ostergaard
- "Utopian" (2016), poem by Alicia Ostricker
- "Harrison Bergeron" (1961), short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- "The Fear of Neon" (2006) - poem by Philena Pugh
- TedTalk - "How Language Shapes the Way We Think"
- "1984", excerpt from the novel by George Orwell
- "The Unknown Citizen" (1940) - poem by W.H Auden


KEYWORDS:
The dystopian hero, utopia, dystopia, Thomas More, bureaucratic control, philosophical control, technological control, corporate control, nature vs. technology, totalitarianism, worst-case scenario, cautionary tales, freedom, oppression, futuristic societies, propaganda, surveillance.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Gothic Horror - EKSAMEN

The course introduces students to the historical development of Horror from its early beginnings in the late 1700s until today. During the Gothic Horror course, students analyse a number of horror stories, horror films, tv-ads, and tv-series. They learn to identify the typical elements that define the genre. Moreover, the course teaches students to identify and reflect on the representations of the following recurring figures/archetypes in horror: the psychopath, the ghost, the vampire, and the zombie. They learn how representations of these archetypes have changed since the genre's early beginnings until today. The students discuss why people read/write gothic horror and reflect on how the genre helps us examine socially and culturally topical themes that are otherwise taboo.


KEYWORDS:
Gothic, first and second waves, the uncanny, the ghost, the psychopath, the vampire, the zombie, the damsel in distress and the femme fatale, horror and terror, labyrinthine settings, 'the journey underground' (character development), the occult, transgressions, taboo, colonialism, dehumanization.


CURRICULUM:
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King, Stephen: “Why We Crave Horror Movies” (1981), article  
Kerr, Margee: “Why Is Being Scared So Fun?” (2016), TED Ed
American Horror Story, Asylum Episode 1
Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843), short story
TEDEd: "Why You Should Read Edgar Allan Poe"
Foulkes, Lucy: “The Psychopath In You” (2016), article
"Vampires: Folklore, Fantasy and Fact" (2014), TedEd video
Stoker, Bram: "Dracula" (1897), excerpts from the novel
"The Woman in Black" (2012), film by James Watkins
"Lacrimosa" (2015), short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (origin, Canada)

"TRANSATLANTIC/ZOMBIE/PASSAGES" (2020), prose poem by Junie Désil (origin, Canada-Haiti)
"Zombie" (1994), song and music video by The Cranberries (origin, Northern Ireland)
"Die Hard - The Getaway" (2013), tv-ad by Sears
"CPR Makes You Undead" (2012), tv-ad by The Heart and Stroke Foundation
"The Origins of the Zombie, from Haiti to the U.S." (2020), video by Monstrum

EXTENDED CURRICULUM, A-LEVELS:
"What Horror Films Teach Us About Ourselves and Being Human", TedX by Dr. Steven Schlozman
"The Listeners" (1912), poem by Walter de laMare
"Life in Victorian Times", CBS Documentary
"Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in Context" (2020), video by British Library
"A Christmas Carol" (1843), novella by Charles Dickens
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 27 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Cli-Fi. Writing for Change. - EKSAMEN

Cli-fi – Writing for Change is a course about climate change. It introduces students to an exciting new genre: climate writing. Climate writing explores what climate is, and what it might become, and it includes many different types of texts and visual artforms. Climate writers use the power of language strategically to make their audience understand and act upon the urgency of the climate crisis. They are creative climate activists, whose works prompt us to think beyond the dead-end of climate anxiety and help us envision alternative climate futures.

CURRICULUM:
- Lafrenz, Helle: "The Anthropocene" (2022), article in "Cli-Fi. Writing for Change".
- Be Smart: "Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science" (2016), video
- Lindsay, Paul: "Before the Flood" (2016), documentary film
- Conservation International, "Nature Is Speaking - Harrison Ford is The Ocean" (2015), video
- Lafrenz, Helle: "Climate Fiction" (2022), article in "Cli-Fi. Writing for Change".
- Love, Rosaleen: "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" (2005), short story
- Lafrenz, Helle: "The Dreaming"; "English as a Lingua Franca"; "Aboriginal English" (2022), three excerpts from "Cli-Fi. Writing for Change".
- Nikel, Wendy: "The Heavenly Dreams of Mechanical Trees" (2020), short story
- Huang, Roy: "EVA" (2019), short film


EXTENDED CURRICULUM, A-levels:
- Gorman, Amanda: "Earthrise" (2018), poem
- Mitchell, Joni: "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970), protest song


KEY TERMS:
the Anthropocene Era, climate change, weather, climate sceptics, climate deniers, the P.A.I.N. acronym (personal.acute.immoral.now), global warming, causes and effects, collective action, legislation, grassroots activism, cli-fi, solar punk, eco-dystopia, lingua franca, postcolonial literature, Aboriginal Australia, Aboriginal English, the Dreaming, language of science vs. language of storytelling, Western perceptions of land and nature vs. indigenous peoples of Australia, anthropocentric vs. biocentric world-views, personification.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 28 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Poetry

Eleverne er blevet præsenteret for forskellige typer digte (herunder bl.a. narrative and lyrical poetry, haikus, protest songs, rap) og har udviklet en forståelse for genrens mangeartede udtryk. De har skrevet deres egne digte. De er blevet trænet i digtanalyse og har en god forståelse af div. poetic devices. De har arbejdet med ligningen: poetry = vision + sound + meaning som et udtryk for, at digtanalysen på medtage mere end blot tekstens semantiske betydning; den må også forholde sig til digtets opsætning og lydlige aspekter.


PENSUM:
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- Flanagan, Mark: “What is Poetry?” (2015), article
- Collins, Billy: “An Introduction to Poetry” (2017), article
- Addonizio, Kim: “You Don’t Know What Love Is” (2005), poem
- e e cummings: “i carry your heart with me” (1952), poem
- e e cummings: “may i feel said he” (1923), poem
- Mali, Taylor: “Totally, like, whatever, you know?” (2002), poem
- McGough, Robert: “40 – Love” (2000), poem
- Berwyn: "Dear Immigration" (2024), song/letter
- Gorman, Amanda: "Earthrise" (2018), poem
- Mitchell, Joni: "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970), protest song
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Refugee Narratives - EKSAMEN

Med afsæt i flygtningekrisen 2015, får Eleverne kendskab til flygtningeproblematikker. Eleverne skal danne deres egen holdning, debattere under forlagte holdningerne og se flygtninge under dikotomien: ofre eller fjender. Eleverne får derudover et bredt kend-skab til hvordan man kategoriserer mennesker, der af den ene eller anden grund befin-der sig uden for deres oprindelsesland (ex-pats, immigranter, flygtninge, asylsøgere, osv.) og får læst værker skrevet om og af disse mennesker. Målet er dermed at give eleverne en historisk, kulturel og litterær indsigt i livet under flugt eller immigration.  

PENSUM B-niveau:
- TedEd video: "What Does It Mean to be a Refugee? (2016)"
- Observer editorial: “The Observer view on Europe’s shameful response to the grow-ing refugee crisis” 2017 (article)
- James Slack “Staggering' number of European jihadis: EU's own border agency ad-mits terrorists are exploiting refugee crisis and lax controls - but has no idea how many illegal immigrants there are” 2016 (article)
- Amnesty International Hypnosis Experiment: "Through the Eyes of a Refugee" (2019), (video)
- Viet Thanh Nguyen “The Hidden Scars All Refugees Carry” 2016 (essay)
- Asad Hussein “After a 13-Year Wait, My Family’s American Dream is Dying” (2017) (personal essay)
- Jane Kelly “I Feel Like a Stranger Where I Live” (2013) (personal essay)
- Inua Ellams “The Unaccompanied Minor’s Tale” (2016) (short story)
- John Fotso “The Refugees” (2015) (poem)
- Emma Lazarus “The New Colossus” (1883) (poem)
- Warsan Shire “Home” (poem)
- Ken Loach “The Old Oak” (2023) (movie)

NØGLEORD:
The Refugee Crisis of 2015, immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, unaccompanied minors, vulnerability, right-wing extremism, stereotypification, xenophobia, push factors, pull factors, country of origin, country of destination, diaspora, emergency relief, irregular immigration, border management, hospitality, the personal vs. the collective perspectives on the refugee crisis.


UDVIDET PENSUM for A-niveau:
- Berwyn, "Dear Immigration" (2024), (rap song/letter)
- Shakespeare, William: "The Stranger's Case" (monologue) from the play, "Sir Thomas More (1591)
- "The Merchant of Venice, play summary" (video), Grade Saver
- "The Merchant of Venice" (2004) (movie)
- Shakespeare, William: "The Merchant of Venice" (1596/1597) Excerpt of Act IV, Scene i (excerpt of the play).

EKSTRA NØGLEORD, A-niveau:
The figure of the Stranger in literature, the figure of the Border, the figure of the Host, communality/shared humanity, the relationship between Christians and Jews, pronouns in Shakespeare's work, conjugation of verbs.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Værkslæsning - EKSAMEN

We have read the book “The Handmaid’s Tale”. As an introduction to the novel, the students worked on presentations regarding the circumstances of the book: the author, the reception of the book, its relevance today and the historical and socio-cultural reality in 1980’s that inspired Atwood to write the book. In our analysis of the novel, we have focused on setting, narrator, characterization of Offred, Serena Joy, the Commander, Moira and Aunt Lydia. Furthermore, we have revisited the definition and characteristics of dystopian literature from our first topic this year and used them in our analysis of the novel. Lastly, we have focused on why a novel from the 1980’s is still relevant today as we have looked at abortion laws in the US before and after Roe v. Wade.    

KEY WORDS:
The dystopian hero, dystopia, bureaucratic control, philosophical control, totalitarianism, worst-case scenario, freedom, oppression, futuristic societies, propaganda, surveillance, speculative fiction, Roe v. Wade, abortion in the US, women’s rights, conservative push back in the 1980’s, Margaret Atwood.

Sources:
- Margaret Atwood “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1985). Novel.
- “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 1, episode 1 (2017). TV show.
- Dorthe Hjort Jensen (2024). "Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?". In: Dorthe Hjort Jensen (2024) Liberty, Guns & Babies.
- Margaret Atwood: “Enforced Childbirth is Slavery: Margaret Atwood on the Right to Abortion” (2022). Article.
- Marco Rubio: “Marco Rubio’s Speech on the Senate Floor on the Dignity of Life” (2021). Speech.
- “Margaret Atwood shares REAL LIFE parallels in The Handmaid’s Tale”. Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljvVUW2vrRU
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer