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Dynamic Syllabus
SYLLABUS Eng LangLit SL (first year, JL)
AoE: Time and Space
Global Issues: Culture, identity and community / Beliefs, values and education / Politics, power and justice / Art, creativity and the imagination / Science, technology and the environment
Key Concepts: Identity / Culture / Creativity / Communication / Perspective / Transformation
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LW: William Blake, ”Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul”, 1794 (leaning ‘reader, writer, text’)
Primary Texts
from Songs of Innocence
The Ecchoing Green
The Lamb
The Chimney-Sweeper*
The Little Boy Found*
The Divine Image*
Holy Thursday*
Nurse's Song
Infant Joy*
from Songs of Experience
Holy Thursday*
The Chimney-Sweeper*
Nurse's Song
The Tyger
My Pretty Rose Tree*
The Garden of Love
London
Infant Sorrow*
A Poison Tree
A Divine Image*
* covered exclusively through individual student project work/class presentations
Secondary Texts
William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1793 (excerpt) (poetry)
William Blake, Jerusalem, 1808 (poetry, hymn)
William Wordsworth, The Tables Turned, 1798 (poetry)
Sam Hobkinson and Peter Ackroyd, "The Romantics, Liberty (s1:e1)", 2006, BBC Documentary (excerpt) (documentary, non-fiction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLwRXlSgiSQ
Pia Rørkær Sigh and Niels Randbo Back, "The Romantic Age: Historical background" from , “Through Literary Landscapes”, 2020 (historical background text, non-fiction)
Pia Rørkær Sigh and Niels Randbo Back, "The Romantic Age Literary Background" from , “Through Literary Landscapes”, 2020 (historical background text, non-fiction)
British Library, ”William Blake vs the World: Why he matters more than ever”, 2021 (documentary, non-fiction)
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57419544
Paul Glynn, "William Blake: Biography offers glimpse into artist and poet's visionary mind", 2021 (article, non-fiction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtLe1H6Jqs
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Literary work: Marjane Satrapi, "Persepolis", 2003
Secondary Texts:
Author biography
Lea Strife, "Satrapi’s Herstory", WordPress, blog (author biography)
https://satrapi1.wordpress.com/marjane-satrapis-story/
MovieWeb, "Persepolis - Exclusive: Marjane Satrapi", 2010 (interview with author)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9onZpQix_w
PBS News, "Timeline: A Modern History of Iran", 2010 (historical background)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/middle_east-jan-june10-timeline
BBC News, "Iran profile - timeline", 2020 (historical background)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14542438
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis", 2007 (film version)
https://vimeo.com/groups/fms620/videos/244927462
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BoW: Edward Burtynsky's photo-series, "the Anthropocene", 2018
Primary Texts (photos)
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/anthropocene
Photographs
Building Ivory Tusk Mound, April 25, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016 (Johan)
Clearcut #1, Palm Oil Plantation, Borneo, Malaysia, 2016 (Yevhen)
Dandora Landfill #1, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016 (Anastasiia)
Dandora Landfill #3, Plastics Recycling, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016 (Dmytro)
Freeman Island, Long Beach, California, USA, 2017 (Aristotelis)
Highway #8, Santa Ana Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2017 (Karyna)
Lithium Mines #1, Salt Flats, Atacama Desert, Chile, 2017 (Karl)
Tetrapods #1, Dongying, China 2016 (Maryama)
Uralkali Potash Mine #1, Berezniki, Russia, 2017 (Jordan)
Uralkali Potash Mine #4, Berezniki, Russia, 2017 (Alberte, Zelal)
Secondary Texts
Edward Burtynsky, "Artist's Statement", The Edward Burtynsky webpage, extract from Edward Burtynsky, "Life in the Anthropocene", 2018 (essay, non-fiction)
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/anthropocene
Nicholas de Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky, "Anthropocene, The Human Epoch", 2018 (documentary, non-fiction)
Phuong Le, "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch review – colossal eco doc prettifies disaster", The Guardian, Sep 4, 2021 (review, non-fiction)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/01/anthropocene-the-human-epoch-review-jennifer-baichwal-nicholas-de-pencier-edward-burtynsky
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AoE: Readers, Writers, Texts
Global Issues: Culture, identity and community / Beliefs, values and education / Politics, power and justice / Science, technology and the environment
Key Concepts: Identity / Culture / Communication / Perspective / Transformation / Representation
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LW: Kurt Vonnegut, selected short stories
SHORT STORIES (primary texts)
Any Reasonable Offer, 1952, 12p (Bagombo Snuff Box)
The Package, 1952, 22p (Bagombo Snuff Box)
Deer in the Works, 1955, 14p (Welcome to the Monkey House)
Harrison Bergeron, 1961, 7p (Welcome to the Monkey House)
2BR02B, 1962, 10p (Bagombo Snuff Box)
Secondary texts
ESSAY
"How to write with style", 1980, 2p (International Paper Co.)
LETTER
"Letter to the Future", 1988, written for Volkswagen’s TIME magazine ad campaign
From: https://www.ecowatch.com/kurt-vonnegut-letter-to-the-future-kick-kennedy-1935826979.html
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BoW: Fed Up documentary
Stephanie Soechtig, "Fed Up", 2014
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Non-fiction: Body of work: George Monbiot essays
- "Thinking about Thinking" (2023)
- "Testeria" (2019)
- "University of life (2020)
- "The Propaganda of the Victor" (2009)
- "There is such a thing as society" (2016)
Global Issues: Beliefs, values and education / Culture, Identity and Community / Science, technology and the natural world / Politics, Power and Justice
Concepts: identity, culture, perspective, communication, transformation
Area of exploration: Intertextuality, connecting texts
Literary work: Jeanette Winterson Oranges are not the only fruit (20th C, novel)
Non-fiction: Body of work: Pray Away (Netflix documentary by Kristine Stolakis, 2021)
Non-fiction body of work: American cartoonist Liza Donnelly with focus on "Representation of women in cartoons".
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