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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution Egaa Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Jacob Kjærgaard
Hold 2023 EN/3g EN (3g EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays (EKSAMEN)
Titel 2 Speculative Fiction (EKSAMEN)
Titel 3 Female Heroines - in Fact and Fiction (EKSAMEN)
Titel 4 Third Millenium American Presidential Speeches
Titel 5 Hjælpemidler til mundtlig og skriftlig eksamen

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays (EKSAMEN)

Course description:
This unit on Shakespeare's sonnets and plays focuses on the themes of love, romance, and power dynamics in selected sonnets and excerpts from the plays Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. Terms such as iambic pentameter, blank verse, imagery, soliloquy, and characterization are applied in the analysis of sonnets and plays, and it is discussed how the themes and conflicts are presented differently in these genres. It is also discussed how Shakespeare and his characters use ambiguity and equivocation to add complexity and nuance to the conflicts depicted in the plays as well as the sonnets. In addition, it is discussed how Shakespearean tragedy also reflects elements in the Elizabethan Era, and how it reflects the Elizabethan world picture (the great chain of being, cosmic order, and the divine rights of kings).

Contents / material:
Material:
Sonnets 18, 116, 128, 130, 138, 147
Excerpts from Macbeth
• Act 1, scene 1 and 2 (“When shall we three meet”
• Act 1, scene 5 (“Unsex me here”
• Act 2, scene 1 (“Is this a dagger”)
• Act 5, scene 4 (“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow”)
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
• Prologue
• Act 1, scene 4
• Act 2, scene 2
• Act 5, scene 3
Why Shakespeare used sonnets in Romeo and Juiet
https://myshakespeare.me/note/sonnets-shakespeares-plays/
Shakespearean Tragedy
https://owlcation.com/humanities/shakespearean-tragedy-definition
Videos:
Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentamenter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4
Franco Zefirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Michael Fassbender Macbeth (2015)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Speculative Fiction (EKSAMEN)

Speculative Fiction and Dystopia

This unit focuses on speculative fiction and how dystopian and utopian elements are integral to the genre. Other key elements are notions such as "the novum" and the "what if" aspect of the genre. Themes such as artificial intelligence and ethics, authoritarianism, dark ecology and sustainability are discussed by reading excerpts from speculative fiction by Mary Shelley, Cormac McCarthy, Margaret Atwood, and Ursula K. Le Guin. A central element in the unit is the discussion between Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin on the nature of Speculative Fiction / Science Fiction.

Contents:

Excerpts from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (novel, 1818)
• Preface
• Letter 4
• Volume 1, chapter 5
• Volume 2, chapter 5
• Volume 3, chapter 7
Cormac McCarthy The Road (2006)
Viktoriya Sus “What is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology”  (article, 2024)
Margaret Atwood “Time Capsule Found on a Dead Planet” (short story, 2009)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/26/margaret-atwood-mini-science-fiction
Ursula K. Le Guin “The Direction of the Road”(short story, 1973)
Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale (novel, 1985)
• Chapter 1, 2, 29, 30, and 46
Margaret Atwood In Other Worlds SF and the HUMAN IMAGINATION (2011) - "Introduction"

TV-series and film
Black Mirror Be Right Back (season 2, episode 1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (season 1, episode 4 "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum")
John Hillcoat The Road (2009)
Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein (2025)

Videos:
M. K. Williams on speculative fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-yX9kVcd6Q
Margaret Atwood Shares Real Life Parallels in the Handmaid's Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljvVUW2vrRU
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 30 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Female Heroines - in Fact and Fiction (EKSAMEN)

Course description
The purpose of this unit is to explore how women’s rights, living conditions, and societal roles have changed over time. Social and political movements such as the suffragettes and feminism are explored, and the unit also briefly includes references to the literary periods Romanticism (Austen), Modernism (Plath), and Post-Modernism (Kaysen). As part of the unit, the students have also presented their own female role models, and elements in the four different waves of feminism have been discussed.

Contents:
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) Excerpts from chapters 1, 4, and 60
Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Women – “The Author’s Introduction” (1792)
Emmeline Pankhurst "Freedom or Death" (1913)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” (short story, 1892)
Susanna Kaysen Girl, Interrupted (novel, 1993)
Emma Watson "Gender Equality Is Your Issue Too" (speech, 2014)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Remarks On Being Called a “F*cking B*itch” (speech, 2020)
Natalie Portman: 'Step by step guide to toppling the patriachy' (speech, 2018)
Sylvia Plath “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus” (poems, 1963)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Third Millenium American Presidential Speeches

Unit description:
In this brief unit on political rhetoric, we analyze excerpts from four different state of the union addresses. The aim of the unit is to understand how varying American presidents in the last 25 years have had different rhetorical styles, and how the state of the union address acts like a prism through which contemporary issues are debated. Central analytical terms are stylistic devices (such as metaphor, similé, hyperbole, anaphora, and more) , modes of appeal, and argumentation.

Contents:
Excerpts from:
George W. Bush Jr. “The President’s State of the Union Address” (2002)
Barack Obama “Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address” (2015)
Joe Biden “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union” (2024)
Donald Trump “State of the Union Address” (2026)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Hjælpemidler til mundtlig og skriftlig eksamen

Følgende må bruges til den mundtlige og skriftlige eksamen. I skal downloade denne undervisningsbeskrivelse og kopiere linksene over i jeres browser som "deep links".

Det bedste er, hvis I laver siderne til favoritter, så I ikke kommer til at søge efter dem til eksamen.

Dansk - Engelsk / Engelsk - dansk ordbog:
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/mobile/

Engelsk - Engelsk: Merriam Webster's Dictionary:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/

Thesaurus - synonymordbog:
https://www.thesaurus.com/

MinLæring (tæller som en bog, der ikke kan downloades, så alt må tilgås, og I må søge i bogen):
https://www.minlaering.dk/

Alle downloadede dokumenter (download alt fra Lectio).

Alle papirkopier, som I har fået udleveret (kan også findes i Lectio under modulerne, men skal downloades).
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 1,00 modul
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer