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Forløb#2 Family Matters
In this course we will investigate how the family as a theme is treated in a selection of literature, music, films and in the media.
Faglige fokuspunkter
Ordforrådstræning og grammatik (kongruens) Introduktion til:
- Analyse af noveller (the short story: point of view, conflict, composition, narrator, style of writing, themes, foreshadowing)
- Analyse af lyrik (poetic devices: Point of view, tone of voice, atmosphere, repetitions, metaphors and composition)
- Fortolkning af musikvideo (point of view, storytelling, message, text versus image)
- Shot-to shot analyse af kortfilm/ Analyse af filmiske virkemidler (film analysis: characterisation, setting, conflict, foreshadowing, symbolism, atmosphere, cinematic devises (colour and sound))
- Retorisk analyse af artikler (the rhetorical pentagram, communication situation, style of writing)
Grammatik (Getting Started/MinLæring): Verber 1
Texts:
Ernest Hemingway: "Baby shoes for sale: Never worn" (short short story, approx. 1906)
Raymond Carver: “Popular Mechanics” (short story, 1981)
Raymond carver: “Why Honey?” (short story, 1976)
Philip Larkin: "This be the Verse" (poem, 1971)
Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton: "Silent Child" (short film, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GbxFIVQv8c
PINK, ”Family Portrait” (song lyrics, 2009) and musicvideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZqAoMtkKQ
Extra resources:
Sarah Whale: "I was told I wasn't intelligent enough to study" (2019)
Connor Maguire, "Portrait of a Modern family", (painting, UK 2018)
Leif Larson: “Family Life During A Pandemic” (painting, 2020)
Engberg-Pedersen, J., Grønvold, M., Ohland-Andersen, H.: Toolbox. Tools for analyzing English texts, Systime, 2024
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