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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Frederiksberg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e)
Hold 2022 EN/e (1e EN, 2e EN, 3e EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 UNDERVISNINGSBESKRIVELSE
Titel 2 A Bit Controversial
Titel 3 Family Matters
Titel 4 Speakers' Corner + Grammar
Titel 5 Fantasy
Titel 6 Dead Poets Society
Titel 7 Gothic Fiction & Horror
Titel 8 Immigration Nation
Titel 9 The British Empire in India
Titel 10 True Crime in the UK
Titel 11 Satire, Wit & Humour
Titel 12 Shakespeare's Othello
Titel 13 English as Lingua Franca
Titel 14 The US Election
Titel 15 The African American Experience
Titel 16 Modernism
Titel 17 Dystopia
Titel 18 True Crime in the UK (revisited)

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 UNDERVISNINGSBESKRIVELSE

Undervisningsbeskrivelse for 1.g, 2.g og 3.g er vedhæftet som pdf. under 'Forløbsmaterialer'.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 1,00 modul
Dækker over: 1 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 A Bit Controversial

Profilforløb, hvor eleverne arbejder med gymnasiets dogme nr. 5 ”Alle elever på FG gennemgår forløb med fokus på mangfoldighed, kontroversielle emner og interkulturelle kompetencer”.

This course tries to develop critical thinking, analytical skills and a better understanding of the world we live in by approaching sensitive and controversial issues. Sensitive topics are often connected to exceptionally painful and tragic both personal and historical times and events. Examples of sensitive issues are war, inequality, bullying, religion, gender identity, racism, treatment of refugees, women’s rights, terror and extremism, fake news and disinformation etc.. Controversial topics can be also sensitive because they are disturbing, they challenge peoples’ loyalties and provoke their prejudices.

Tekster:
- Michael McCarthy: English Collocations in Use, “Agreeing and disagreeing”, Cambridge University Press
- Paul Graham: “How to argue – the hierarchy of disagreement”: https://blog.adioma.com/how-to-argue-pg-hierarchy-of-disagreement/
- Guardian News på Youtube: “Presidential debate highlights: Clinton and Trump trade blows”: https://youtu.be/DBhrSdjePkk
- Deirdre Cohen: “Diving into the debate over trans athletes”, CBS News Sunday Morning, March 22, 2022
- Katrina Bishop: “The most controversial – and effective – ads ever”, CNBC 2014: https://www.cnbc.com/2014/09/09/the-most-controversial-and-effective-ads-ever.html
- Controversial ads:
Heineken: “Worlds Apart”: https://youtu.be/etIqln7vT4w
NewHope Church: “Don’t Put People in Boxes” https://youtu.be/zRwt25M5nGw
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Family Matters

In this course, we delve into the short story genre, focusing on family relationships. Through close reading, we will analyse characters, conflicts, and themes in selected short stories. Moreover, will examine the specific form and literary devices of the short story, including genre, composition and style of writing.

The aim of the course is to give you an opportunity to practice:
• Speaking English with your classmates.
• Expressing your thoughts and opinions about your own family values.
• Analysing a variety of text genres, including a film.
• Using your knowledge about English grammar to analyse the language and style of the texts.

Tekster:
- Raymond Carver: “Popular Mechanics”, in Collected Stories, The Library of America: 2009
- The Bible: “A Wise Ruling”, in 1 Kings 3:16-28 (New International Version
- Mark Slouka: "Crossing" (2009), in STX Engelsk A, 2012
- Raymond Carver: "Why, Honey?", in The Lift, Gyldendal: 1993
- John Cheever: "Reunion", in The Lift, Gyldendal: 1993
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 9,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 5 Fantasy

The fantasy course will partly focus on the characteristic features of the genre and partly investigate the reasons for the increasing appeal that fantasy literature and film have today for people of all ages. During the course, the students also gave Speakers’ Corner presentations about topics of their own choice.

Tekster:
- Anne Mette Finderup (m.fl.): "Entering the Worlds of Fantasy" in Worlds of Fan-tasy, Systime, 2005, pp. 8-19
- Lev Grossman: "Feeding on Fantasy" in Worlds of Fantasy, ed. Anne Mette Fin-derup (et al.), Systime, 2005, pp. 20-22
- Philip Pullman: Northern Lights (The Golden Compass), "The Consul and the Bear" (excerpt) in Worlds of Fantasy, Systime: 2005
- Film: The Golden Compass, directed by Chris Weitz, 2007
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings, "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm" (book 2, chapter 5) in Worlds of Fantasy, ed. Anne Mette Finderup (et al.), Systime, 2005, pp. 35-53
- Audiobook: "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm": https://youtu.be/fBYBoMhlVtM
- Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson, 2001 (uddrag)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Dead Poets Society

Drawing on both the film and novel Dead Poets Society, this course as explored themes such as individuality, conformity, philosophy of life, tradition versus innovation, and the significance of poetry for human understanding and self-expression. We have also studied poems from English Romanticism as well as several poems that appear in the novel. The analytical focus has therefore been on the analysis of the novel, film, and poetry.

Tekster:
- Shakespeare: Sonnet 130 (1609) – “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”
- William Wordsworth: “The Sparrow’s Nest” (1801)
- William Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (1804)
- Lord Byron: “She Walks in Beauty” (1814)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: “Ozymandias” (1818)
- John Keats: “When I Have Fears” (1818)

             Poems from the film/novel Dead Poets Society:
- Robert Herrick: “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” (1648)
- Walt Whitman: “Oh Me, Oh Life!” (1892)
- David Henry Thoreau: From Walden (1888)
- Arthur O’Shaugnessy: “Ode” (1873)
- Walt Whitman: ”Song of Myself, 1” (1855)
- Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken” (1915)
- William Shakespeare: Sonnet 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” (1609)
- William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1600), excerpt

- Nancy H. Kleinbaum: Dead Poets Society (1988), novel (værk)
- Peter Weir (instr.): Dead Poets Society (1989), film

Supplerende tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “The Romantic Period (1798-1832)” in The English Handbook, ibog, Systime
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Gothic Fiction & Horror

Drawing upon theoretical frameworks of Sigmund Freud’s concept of ‘the uncanny’ and Tzvetan Todorov’s concept of ‘the fantastic’, this course delves deeper into the historical lineage, from the eerie dread of the Gothic to the visceral scares of modern horror. Freud teaches us that ‘das unheimliche’ uncovers what ‘ought to have remained secret’ and that is linked with ‘the return of the repressed’. Todorov shows us how the characters (and readers) who only know the laws of nature hesitate when confronted with an apparently supernatural event. Moreover, we will examine the typical settings of gothic fiction and the recurring themes of fear, madness, and hesitation. Through analysing narrative techniques and cinematic approaches, we will uncover how sus-pense and terror are crafted.

Tekster:
- Saki (H. H. Munro): “The Open Window” The Penguin Complete Saki, Penguin Books: 1982
- James Rogan (instr.): The Open Doors (2004), kortfilm (film-adaptation "The Open Window")
- Edgar Allan Poe: “The Black Cat” (1843) in Nete Schmidt (red.): A Taste of Hor-ror!, Systime: 1993
- Edgar Allan Poe: “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) in Selected Tales, Penguin Popular Classics: 1994
- Alejandro Almenábar (instr.): The Others (2001), film
- David Lynch (instr.): Mulholland Drive (2001), film (uddrag)
- Stephen King: “The Boogeyman”, novelle
- Rob Savage (instr.): The Boogeyman (2023), film

Supplerende tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “Gothic Fiction” in The English Handbook, ibog, Systime
- Nicholas Royle: "The Uncanny" in Literature, Criticism and Theory, Pearson Edu-cation Limited: 2004
- Rasmus Drisdal Hansen & Johanne Riktrup Hansen: “Introduction to Horror” and ”Early Horror Fiction – the Gothic Romance” in Horror, (ibog) Systime
- Wikipedia: “The Fantastic”, leksikonopslag
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Immigration Nation

This course focusses on the complex issue surrounding predominantly Latin American immigration to the USA. We will examine the historical, economic, and social factors that drive migration and how immigration plays into the heated political climate. Studying Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street (1984), we will also focus on the cultural and societal consequences of migration for Latin Americans in the United States.
The course will introduce discourse analysis as a tool to examine how ‘immigration’ is verbalized in political debates. Ideology, power and language are deeply intertwined, and through their discourse politicians actively attempt to shape our understanding of the world – for better or worse. Drawing on your knowledge of political and social conditions in the USA, will analyse speeches by politicians from different sides of the political spectrum.

Tekster:
- Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street (1984), novel (værk)
- Emma Lazarus: “The New Colossus” (1883), poem
- 84 Lumber Super Bowl Commercial: “The Entire Journey” (2017): https://youtu.be/nPo2B-vjZ28?si=mkFZi4y31xtNquta, TV commercial
- Kaitlyn Schallhorn: “What Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy means for children separated from families at the border”, FOX News , June 19, 2018
- George W. Bush: Presidential Address to the Nation, October 7, 2001
- Jacinda Ardern: “Harvard Commencement Speech”, May 26, 2022
- Donald Trump: “Remarks on the Illegal Immigration Crisis and Border Secu-rity”, November 1, 2018: https://www.c-span.org/video/?453960-1/president-trump-remarks-immigration
- Joe Biden: “Remarks on Border Security and Enforcement”, January 5, 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/live/JwFyp4EMTZI?si=0Q9mEE0zrzdPz14I

Supplerende tekster:
- Mette Holm: “American Identity” (p. 8-18) in Being American, Gyldendal: 2020
- Thomas Secher Lund: “What Happens South of the Border?” in New American Frontiers, Systime (2014)
- Anne Bornerup Græsborg og Mette Møller: Diskursanalyse i dansk (s. 8-33), Sy-stime, 2014
- Abortlinien: ”Choose Life” (2013): https://abortlinien.dk/om-os/choose-life/
- Ketty Dahl: ”Samfundsetikken udhules”, Kristeligt Dagblad d. 28. maj 2013
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 The British Empire in India

Forløbet blev undervist af Max Bang Bartels (barselsvikar)

Tekster:
- George Orwell: Shooting an elephant: (1938)
- BBC, Jeremy Paxman: Empire - Episode 1: A Taste for Power (Documentary)
- BBC, Jeremy Paxman: Empire - Episode 1: Making Ourselves at Home (Doc-umentary)
- George Orwell: ”Burmese Days” in Wider Contexts, Systime: (1934)
- Salman Rushdie: “The New Empire within Britain” excerpt: (1982)
- Rudyard Kipling: “The White Man's Burden” in Wider Contexts, Systime: (1899)
- Urvashi Butalia: “Blood” in Wider Contexts, Systime: (1997)
- History Matters: Ten Minute History – The Early British Empire Ten Minute History - The Early British Empire (Short Documentary) - YouTube
- History Matters: Ten Minute History – The Late British Empire Ten Minute History - The Late British Empire (Short Documentary) (youtube.com)

Supplerende tekster:
- John McLeod: “Orientalism” in Beginning Postcolonialism (2000)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 True Crime in the UK

Forløbet blev delvist undervist af Max Bang Bartels (barselsvikar)

This course delves into the fascinating and often disturbing world of true crime, focus-ing on cases from the United Kingdom. We will examine iconic and lesser-known criminal cases through new articles and short documentaries, and the students are to produce their own podcasts that cover real, solved or unsolved criminal cases from the UK.  
In the course, we will analyse various non-fiction genres and the narrative styles and cinematic techniques they apply to create suspense and engage their audiences. In their podcasts, the students will examine motives, investigation, and the role of the justice system in selected cases, and they are encouraged to discuss ethical dilemmas within the true crime genre. The aim of the course is to understand the human and societal aspects of real crimes within a British context.

Tekster:
- Helen Pidd: “Teenagers jailed for ‘exceptionally brutal’ murder of Brianna Ghey”, The Guardian, Febrary 2, 2024
- BBC: “The triple murder that caused panic in 19th Century London”, 25 April 2022
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0c2db0r/the-triple-murder-that-caused-panic-in-19th-century-london
- BBC: “Murder in the Badlands – Who Killed Lisa Dorrian?”, 19 May 2023:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0c9b1rs/murder-in-the-badlands-who-killed-lisa-dorrian-
- BBC: “The gripping true crime story of a ruthless killer”, 19 May, 2023:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cgtn2l/the-gripping-true-crime-story-of-a-ruthless-killer
- Rachel Oats: Why Are We So Obsessed With True Crime: YouTube Video (2019) Why Are We So Obsessed With True Crime? (youtube.com)
- TEDTalk James Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer Jim Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer | TED Talk
- Unknown Author: The four types of Serial Killers The four types of serial kill-ers: Visionary, Mission, Hedonistic & Power. (thisinterestsme.com)
- Unknown Author: The difference between Organized and Disorganized serial killers. Organized vs Disorganized serial killers. (thisinterestsme.com)

Supplerende tekster:
- Katrine Brøndsted og Mathias Larsen: “True Crime – On Read Life Atrocities” in Narrating Truth, Alt I ord (2021)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 Satire, Wit & Humour

One of Oscar Wilde's many famous quotes are: “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about”. The quote seems paradoxical at first glance, but it nicely cap-tures the fact that humour often contains a seriousness; when the laughter muscles are activated, it becomes easier to approach taboo subjects and serious aspects of exist-ence, and it is therefore not uncommon for social criticism to be wrapped in humour. This course presents various theories of humour and related literary devices, and we will attempt to apply the theories to a wide range of texts.
The course will also introduce the term ‘postmodernism’ as a designation for a range of features that have characterized some cultural products (literature, film, architecture, etc.) within the past 50 years: metafiction, eclecticism, intertextuality, fragmentation etc.

Tekster:
- SNL: “Papyrus”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ (2017)
- The Daily Show: “Gun Control”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW-jDoW33ug
- Jonathan Swift: “A Modest Proposal” (1729)
- E. E. Cummings: “nobody loses all the time” (1926)
- Colin Cohen: “No Death Penalty, No Easter Bunny” (2003)
- Monty Python: Life of Brian (1979)
- Smashing Pumpkins: “Ava Adore” (1998), music video
- The Verve: “The Sonnet” (1997), music video
- Margaret Atwood: ”Happy Endings” (1983). Short story

Supplerende tekster:
- Bo Høpfner Clausen (et al.): “The Philosophy of Humour” and “Toolbox for Analysing Humorous Texts”, in Serious Business – Satire, Wit and Humour, Gyldendal: 2011
- Bo Høpfner Clausen (et al.): “Humorous devices” in Serious Business – Satire, Wit and Humour, Gyldendal: 2011
- MH: "Postmodernism – a set of terms", inspired by Nicholas Royle (et al.) Literature, Criticism and Theory, Pearson: 2004
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 12 Shakespeare's Othello

It is indeed at tragic and fascinating story: Due to Iago's evil schemes, the black mili-tary general, Othello, becomes blinded by jealousy and ends up killing his beloved wife, Desdemona. But it is Shakespeare's way of creating literary characters and sus-penseful dialogues that makes Othello an indispensable classic.
The course explores themes such as jealousy, manipulation, race, and the destructive power of love. Through the analysis of selected scenes, we will examine Shakespeare's language and dramatic devices. The course focuses on the genre characteristics of tragedy and close textual analysis. The aim is to understand Othello as a timeless drama about human weakness. For the exam, you are to place an excerpt from Othello within the plot and analyse the text using relevant literary terminology.

Tekster
- William Shakespeare: Othello, ed. Jane Coles, Cambridge School Shakespeare, Cambridge University Press: 2011. Nærlæsning af udvalgte scener fra akt I, II og III.
- Film: Othello (1996), Oliver Parker (instr.)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 13 English as Lingua Franca

This very short course examines English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), a global means of communication. We will study why English has become the lingua franca of the world and where English is spoken today according Kachru’s model. Moreover, we will ex-amine characteristic features of ELF usage and challenge traditional notions of ‘cor-rect’ English. Effective communication across linguistic and cultural backgrounds is essentially ‘good English’.

Tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “English as lingua franca” in The English Handbook, ibog, Sys-time
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 3,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 14 The US Election

This course builds upon the previous course ‘Immigration Nation’ and aims to provide an understanding of the 2024 United States presidential election by focusing on eco-nomic
inequality and core values like the can-do spirit, individual initiative, the idea of the frontier, and the American dream. Moreover, we will read speeches that reflect these values and examine the central issues and challenges that characterize the 2025 US election.

Tekster:
- Edward N. Kearny: "The Frontier Heritage" (1984), in Anne Mette Finderup (et al.): Worlds of English, Systime: 2010 (ibog)
- Barack Obama: "A More Perfect Union" (2008) in Anne Mette Finderup (et al.): Worlds of English, Systime: 2010 (ibog)
- Barack Obama: "The American Promise" (2008) in Anne Mette Finderup (et al.): Worlds of English, Systime: 2010 (ibog)
- Richard Wilkinson: "How Inequality Harms Societies", TED Talk 2011, video
- Kamala Harris: “Speech at the Ellipse in Washington”, D.C., Oct. 29th 2024
Supplerende tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “Rhetoric – the art of speaking” in The English Handbook, ibog, Systime
- Trine Østergaard: “Discourse analysis” in The English Handbook, ibog, Systime
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 3 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 15 The African American Experience

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happi-ness” (The Declaration of Independence, 1776)
    When the United States of America was founded in the 1700s, slaves from Africa were used by the settlers to work the land. In 1804 most of the Northern states of America banned slavery, however, the Southern continued to practise slavery in the farming industries. This division of America eventually led to the American Civil War, and as a result of the war President Abraham Lincoln abolished in 1865 in America.
    Slavery had ended, but segregation had not. It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that things began to change. Martin Luther King, Jr. began to rally for equal rights for blacks, and he led many African Americans on marches to protest the way they were treated. It was during this time he gave his famous speech “I have a dream”. He was killed in 1968, but four years earlier he convinced the government to allow black Americans to vote in the presidential elections. However, it took many more decades to get rid of all the racist laws.
    African Americans now have all the same rights as other Americans, but racism still causes debates and riots in the United States of America. This is what we will examine by reading different types of texts thematising African American Experience in rela-tion to inequality, The American Dream, identity and freedom.

Tekster:
- Richard Gibney: “The Whipping Boy” (2002)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: “The Haunted Oak” (1903)
- Langston Hughes: “I, too” (1925)
- Abel Meeropol (sung by Billie Holiday): “Strange Fruit” (1939)
- Martin Luther King: “I Have a Dream” (1963)
- Malcolm X: “The Ballot or the Bullet” (1964)
- Film: Ava DuVernay (dir): Selma (2014)
- Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give (2017), chapters 1-2, novel
- George Tillman Jr. (dir.): The Hate U Give (2018), film

Supplerende tekster:
- Mathilde Thomsen & Bianca Erlich Møller: Chapters 1. Slavery, 2. Separate but Equal, 3. I Am a Man (The Civil Rights Movement), 4. Post-racist America? in Black Voices (ibog), Systime: 2022
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 16 Modernism

This course explores the literary revolution of Modernism in the early 20th century. We will examine the break with traditions and new forms of expression in the light of modernity and historical upheavals such as World War I. Through the analysis of WW1 poetry and texts by various modernist authors from English and the USA, we will examine their literary experimentation in terms of both form and content: We will look at stylistic innovations such as free verse, stream of consciousness, and under-statement (gaps in the text), and we will explore some of the unconventional themes of Modernist literature such as alienation, loss of identity, the carnage of war, and negro-philia! For the exam, you should be able to analyse experimental literature and under-stand the significance of the historical context for artistic expression.

Tekster
- John McCrae: “In Flanders Fields” (1915), netprint
- Rupert Brooke: “The Soldier” (1914), in Fields of Vision, Longman: 2007
- Siegfried Sassoon: “Base Details” (1918) in Fields of Vision, Longman: 2007
- Wilfred Owen: “Dulce et Decorum Est” (1920) in Fields of Vision, Longman: 2007
- William Faulkner: “A Rose for Emily” (1930), netprint:
- Ernest Hemingway: “Indian Camp” (1924) in Contexts, Gyldendal: 2006
- Ernest Hemingway: “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) in Collected Stories, Eve-ryman’s Library: 1995.
- James Joyce: Ulysses (1922), excerpt in Fields of Vision, Longman: 2007

Supplerende tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “Modernism (1914-1945)” in The English Handbook, ibog, Sys-time
- Weird History: “What Was It Like To Be a Trench Solidier in WW1”:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/ersq3x0xFM4?si=4sgmf15BXtEvOO4O
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 17 Dystopia

This course explores dystopian worlds in literature and film. We will analyse the characteristics of the genre and examine how authors and film directors depict future totalitarian regimes or seemingly idyllic societies permeated by technological control. Dystopian fiction often criticises political or societal norms through a dystopian worst-case scenario, and through close reading and film analysis, we will discuss the socio-critical potentials and warnings inherent in dystopian narratives. We will look at themes such as surveillance, conformity, dehumanization, and the restriction of independent thought. The aim is to create reflection on current trends in the light of dystopian future scenarios.

Tekster:
- Shirley Jackson: “The Lottery” (1948) in Wider Contexts, Gyldendal
- George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (excerpts) in Fields of Vision 2, Longman, 2007
- Owen Harris (dir.): Be Right Back, Black Mirror, season 2 (2013)
- Brian Welsh (dir.): The Entire History of You, Black Mirror, season 1 (2011)

Supplerende tekster:
- Trine Østergaard: “Dystopian Fiction” in The English Handbook, ibog, Systime
- Alex Gendler (TED Ed): “How to recognize a dystopia”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6kbU88wu0
- Yvonne Shiau: “The Rise of Dystopian Fiction”, Electric Lit, 2017
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 4,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer