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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Gentofte HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e)
Hold 2024 En-l (1l En, 2l En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Crime in Fiction
Titel 2 Global Britain - Everyone is Here (EXAM)
Titel 3 The US - a Nation United/Nation Divided? (EXAM)
Titel 4 Victims or Villains (EXAM)
Titel 5 India, past & present (EXAM)
Titel 6 Cli-fi (EXAM)
Titel 7 Crime in Fiction

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Crime in Fiction

Crime in Fiction
This theme explores crime in fiction through working with a variety of text types. Using the background chapter providing information as to what characterizes the genre, the students have been exposed to classical crime fiction, e.g. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and Stephen King. Furthermore, they have worked on complex figures like the protagonist in The Man Who Loved Flowers and Dexter.

Sources:

“Introduction to Crime Fiction” i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 7-16 (background info)
Stephen King: “The Man Who Loved Flowers” (short story)
A Study in Pink (episode 1 of the Sherlock Holmes-series, HBO)
Jeff Lindsay: “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, kap. 1, i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 65-71 (excerpt from novel)
The Long Bright Dark (episode 1, season 1 of the True-Detective-series, HBO)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
English & Me 18-08-2024
Screening 20-08-2024
Summary af "The Man Who Loved Flowers" 20-09-2024
Summary of "Shadows in the City" 22-10-2024
Midtvejsevalueringstest engelsk 25-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 36 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Global Britain - Everyone is Here (EXAM)

This theme focuses on the development of Britain into its status today as a superdiverse and, to some extent, convivial society. Firstly, the theme looks briefly - as a backdrop - at Britain as a colonial power. Then follows an introduction to the Windrush Generation including background reading, a letter representing the immigrants from former colonies arriving in Britain in the 50s, and a film dealing with the recent Windrush Scandal. The next part centers on the concept “White Privilege”. The concept is introduced through background reading and two short stories.
Additionally, we've looked at the influence the British Empire had on English becoming the lingua franca. Finally, the terms “superdiversity” and “conviviality” are dealt with using background reading and an analysis of both a poem and a song/music video.

Sources:
"Making Ourselves at Home" BBC (documentary).
Sten Pultz Moslund: Everyone Is Here. New Shapes of Diversity and Belonging in Britain, Systime 2021, p. 7-9, 68-69, 175-179 (background reading)
E. L. Norry: A Letter Home
TV movie BBC 1: Sitting in Limbo, 2020
"Just Below The Surface" (1993) by Kate Nivison (short story).
"This is my England" by Andrea Levy
Benjamin Zephaniah: The British (Serves 60 Million), from the poem collection “Wicked Worlds”, 2020
Riz Ahmed: Englistan, https://genius.com/Riz-ahmed-englistan-lyrics
King's Christmas Speech (2024). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkjDS85s4lg
Khushwant Singh: "Karma" (1989)
John Agard: “Reporting from the Frontline of the Great Dictionary Disaster” (2006)
John Agard: "Listen mr. Oxford Don" (1985).
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 36 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The US - a Nation United/Nation Divided? (EXAM)

I dette emne undersøger vi først, hvilke værdier, det amerikanske samfund er bygget op omkring. Vi undersøger derefter, hvordan disse værdier faktisk danner grobund for noget af den splittelse vi ser i det amerikanske samfund i dag. Eleverne skal bruge denne grundviden til at undersøge to af de emner, der i skaber splittelse i det amerikanske samfund i dag: Gun control og abortion.

Sources:
- “Having Rights” from chapter 1 in: Holm, Mette (2016). Being American. Identity, politics and contemporary society. Gyldendal.
- “The Bill of Rights”
- Guy Reel (2005). “American Values”. From: Daugaard, Anders & Jonas Kjær Andersen (2014). Angles – Grundbog til HF. Gyldendal.
- “Gun Nation” (Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpCqBonOFw
- Katherine Schaeffer (2023). “Key facts about Americans and guns”.
- Tang, Liselotte & Liv Stilling (2006). Columbine & Beyond. Pp. 82-83, 88-105
- ”Reversing Roe” (Netflix Documentary)
- Margaret Atwood (2022). "I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court is Making it Real"
- Elizabeth Warren (2022). “New Op-Ed: Elizabeth Warren: I Am Angry but Determined to Protect Roe”.
- Karen Swallow Prior (2022). "I Prayed and Protested to end Roe. What Comes Next?" In: Dorthe Hjort Jensen (2024) Liberty, Guns & Babies.
- Dorthe Hjort Jensen (2024). "Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?". In: Dorthe Hjort Jensen (2024) Liberty, Guns & Babies.

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 35,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Victims or Villains (EXAM)

This course takes its point of departure in the refugee crisis which began in 2015 and draws a parallel to the refugee flow we have experienced after the war in Ukraine. Via newspaper articles, a short story, a personal essay and a novel, its aim is to examine the complex ways in which refugees are represented, that is, how they are described and depicted, and how such representations are always bound up with power and politics. More specifically for example in the contrast between the two UK papers The Daily Mail and The Observer. Consequently, students are encouraged to take into consideration how representation is always by somebody, about somebody, and to somebody and thus never neutral or (ideologically) innocent. Finally, the course aims to shed light on the morality of (seemingly) bystanders in the conflict via the representation of the main character in the novel The Optician of Lampedusa.



Texts:


The Observer view on Europe’s shameful response to the growing refugee crisis
Observer editorial, Sunday 9 July 2017 (extract)

'Staggering' number of European jihadis: EU's own border agency admits terrorists are exploiting refugee crisis and lax controls - but has no idea how many illegal immigrants there are.
James Slack, The Daily Mail, 5 April 2016 (extract)

'Europe Welcomes Ukranian Refugees But Others, Less So' (2022). NPR.

'The Hidden Scars All Refugees Carry' (2016) by Viet Thanh Nguyen. New York Times.


'The Unaccompanied Minor’s Tale' (2016) by Inua Ellams.
https://www.shortstoryproject.com/story/unaccompanied-minors-tale/ (Comma Press, 2016)


Lampedusa: Opening our eyes to the migration crisis (Jan 9th, 2017)
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/lampedusa-opening-eyes-migration-crisis/

The Optician of Lampedusa (Emma Jane Kirby, 2016)

Cardiff Book Talk: The Optician of Lampedusa (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuqFI0oWhg



Suppl. material:

The Swimmers (2022, Sally Al Hossaini)

Inua Ellams - Reading The Unaccompanied Minor’s Tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6idsemEDY

'Capernaum' (2018, Nadine Labaki)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 24,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 India, past & present (EXAM)

During this course we will work with the topic of India, a country of extreme contrasts.
In order to gain a deeper understanding of some of the complexities of India we will dive into different subtopics hereunder women in India, the caste system, female infanticide and arranged marriage. After a brief introduction to the podcast genre, we will create our own podcasts.
In addition to this, we will learn about gender criticism and apply this analysis method to our short stories.

India's Caste System is Alive and Kicking - and maiming and killing (The Guardian, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Aug. 15th, 2016)
India Probes as no Girl is Born in Three Months in 132 villages (Al Jazeera, June 2019)
Selective abortion in India could lead to 6.8m fewer girls being born by 2030 (The Guardian, Aug. 2020)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/21/selective-abortion-in-india-could-lead-to-68m-fewer-girls-being-born-by-2030

The Intelligence of Wild Things (Chitra Divakaruni, 2001, excerpt)
The Meeting (Shame Futehally, 1993)

India's Daughter (documentary, Leslee, Udwin, 2015)
Challenging India’s caste system (ABC News, Australia, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jthue7ha9oo
White Tiger (dir. Rahmin Bahrani, 2021)

Supplerende:
Short Introduction (Emerging India, Øknom, 2004)
Gender Criticism, p. 334-335 (Brøndsted, Alt i Ord, 2016)
Witness Al Jazeera: Mitu's Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCYLHB27yQ
(Sept. 2013, Al Jazeera)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Cli-fi (EXAM)

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to different genres with climate fiction.

Firstly, the concept of The Anthropocene as well as theory about climate deniers is introduced. Following this, students are introduced to climate fiction and environmental poetry. The ngo Conservation International is also touched upon and students will create their own creative projects that highlight the crucial role of nature in our lives (inspired by the short films Nature is Speaking).

Key words:
anthropocene
climate denial
finite pool of worry
climate vs. weather
P.A.I.N acronym
cautionary tale
lifestyle & consumption
apocalyptic fiction
post-apocalyptic fiction
dystopian fiction
Sustainability




The Anthropocene
Cli-fi-Writing for Change
(Bildsøe, H. 2004, p. 8-14, 22, 25-30)

Why People Don’t Believe in Climate Science
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2euBvdP28c)

Nature is Speaking
(https://www.conservation.org/nature-is-speaking/harrison-ford-is-the-ocean)

Once Giants Roamed the Earth
Cli-fi-Writing for Change
(Bildsøe, H. 2004, p. 32-38)

Time Capsule Found on Dead Planet
Cli-fi-Writing for Change
Bildsøe, H. 2004, p. 45-49

Climate Change Ballad Number 1
Cli-fi-Writing for Change
(Bildsøe, H. 2004, p. 84-89)

Suppl:
Wall-E (dir. Stanton, 2008)
National Geographic; Ocean acidification, explained
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/critical-issues-ocean-acidification
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Crime in Fiction

Crime in Fiction
This theme explores crime in fiction through working with a variety of text types. Using the background chapter providing information as to what characterizes the genre, the students have been exposed to classical crime fiction, e.g. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and Stephen King. Furthermore, they have worked on complex figures like the protagonist in The Man Who Loved Flowers and Dexter.

Sources:

“Introduction to Crime Fiction” i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 7-16 (background info)
Stephen King: “The Man Who Loved Flowers” (short story)
A Study in Pink (episode 1 of the Sherlock Holmes-series, HBO)
Jeff Lindsay: “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, kap. 1, i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 65-71 (excerpt from novel)
The Long Bright Dark (episode 1, season 1 of the True-Detective-series, HBO)
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer