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Titel
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When Words Shape Reality (Eksamensemne)
A theme focusing on the power of words through time.
This theme focuses on how words shape our perception of reality. Through analyses af non-fiction, discourse analysis and postcolonial theory, this theme will illustrate how different viewpoints on fx British colonialism and slavery has created different versions of the historical reality. Primarily we'll analyse non-ficition, but also a few instances of fiction. Also we've studied the history of the English Language and English as lingua franca as a result of colonisation.
Another angle for studying the the power of words through time is to look at historical and current events in America
Kernestof:
Colonialism and South Africa
- The National Party of South Africa, The National Party's Colour Policy 1948 (Legal document, 1948) (2 sider)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story (TED talk, 2014) (11 sider)
- David Evans, Dead Man’s shoes (Short story, 1998) (6 sider)
America and the history of the slaves
- Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (Speech, 1863) (1 side)
- Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream (Speech, 1963) (4 sider)
- Barack Obama, Victory speech (Speech, 2008) (5 sider)
- Donald Trump, State of the Union Speech (Speech, 2026) (3 sider)
- Film: Adam McKay "Don't Look Up" (2021) (35 sider)
- Film: Ali Abbasi, "The Apprentice" (2024) (30 sider)
Supplerende stof:
- Behind the News, What is Apartheid? - Nelson Mandela, and South Africa's history explained (Video, Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7oQXrPaOA (4 sider)
- History Bombs, History of the British Empire (In one take) (Video, Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wquw_oxvzdE (3 sider)
- History Matters, Ten Minute History - The Early British Empire (Video, Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQktE-YKlJg&t=10s (4 sider)
- Trine Østergaard, The English Handbook (E-bog) som opslag
- TRT World, The Colonisation of South Africa (video, Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi93LjuQbMM (3 sider)'
American History in 3 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3qc9d1UuE (2 sider)
Faglige mål:
- At kende til Storbritanniens koloni-historie
- At kende til tidligere koloniers kulturelle og sproglige forhold, især sydafrika
- At kende til det engelske sprogs historie
- At have forståelse for hvordan sproget påvirkes af geografisk placering og sociale miljø (dialekt og sociolekt)
- At have forståelse for hvordan sproget er med til at forme og påvirke holdninger (diskursanalyse, retorik)
- At kunne lave non-fiktionsanalyse, særligt taler
- At kunne lave retorisk analyse, argumentationsanalyse og diskursanalyse
- At kende til USAs historie og aktuelle forhold
- At kende til det engelske sprogs historie
I alt 139 sider
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