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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution Frederiksberg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e)
Hold 2024 EN/3xz EN (3xz EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Tilladte elektroniske hjælpemidler
Titel 2 Dystopian Fiction (EKSAMEN)
Titel 3 The US Presidential Election
Titel 4 Shakespeare's Macbeth (EKSAMEN)
Titel 5 The British Empire: Language and Power (EKSAMEN)
Titel 6 The Empire Writes Back (EKSAMEN)
Titel 7 Afr.-Am. Literature: The Harlem Renaissance (EXAM)

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Tilladte elektroniske hjælpemidler

1. Ordbogen.com: https://www.ordbogen.com/da/

2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/

3. Thesaurus (Synonymordbog): https://www.thesaurus.com/

4. Min Læring: https://minlaering.dk/login
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Dystopian Fiction (EKSAMEN)

Over the last couple of years there has been an enormous interest in works of fiction that take place in worlds that we would call dystopian. In this course we discuss the definition and characteristics of dystopias and focus on the literary genre of dystopian fiction. Focus has been on analyzing and placing these texts within the genre of dystopian fiction according to certain characteristics (see handout). We have also discussed reasons for the popularity of this genre in recent years.

Important concepts from the course:
•Utopia vs Dystopia
•Dystopian characteristics
•Dystopian control
•Dystopian protagonist

TEKSTER
The Hunger Games (2012), directed by Gary Ross (movie)
Nosedive (season 3, episode 1 of Black Mirror)
George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) (værklæsning)

Supplerende:
Charley Locke, "The real reason dystopian fiction is roaring back" (22/2/2017) https://www.wired.com/2017/02/dystopian-fiction-why-we-read/

Introduction to dystopia from http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.pdf


Samlet omfang: 150 sider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 13,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The US Presidential Election

A brief look at the US election 2024 where we focused on analyzing campaign videos from Donald Trump and Kamala Harris respectively.

Dette forløb vil IKKE indgå til den mundtlige eksamen.

Omfang: 10 sider.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
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Titel 4 Shakespeare's Macbeth (EKSAMEN)

This course has introduced the class to the Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare's time and writing style. The class has read selected scenes of the tragedy Macbeth, and we have talked about the nature of tragedy and the tragic hero Macbeth and his development. We have also worked with the role that Lady Macbeth plays in the tragedy and with the relationship between these two central characters. To round off
the course, we have watched an episode of the American television series House of Cards to discuss the relevance of Shakespeare and Macbeth today.

NB. Shakespeare is the exception to the rule. Unread parts of the play may be used for the oral exam!

TEXTS DURING THE COURSE:
Udvalgte scener fra Shakespeare, Macbeth
•Act I, scenes 1, 3, 5, 7
•Act II, scene 1

Klip fra filmversionen af Macbeth med Ian McKellen og Judi Dench
De første 20 min af House of Cards, episode 1, season 1 (2013)

Supplerende:
Baggrundsmateriale om Shakespeare, hans samtid samt skrivestil (dannede baggrund for gruppefremlæggelser):
• "Elizabethan England - and William Shakespeare" (From: "W. Shakespeare, Macbeth". Gyldendal 1993. Ed. Ole Juul Lund)
• "Language and Style" (From: "W. Shakespeare, Macbeth". Gyldendal 1993. Ed. Ole Juul Lund)
• "The Elizabethan World Picture" (From: "W. Shakespeare, Macbeth". Gyldendal 1993. Ed. Ole Juul Lund)
• "The English Dramatic Tradition" (From: "W. Shakespeare, Macbeth". Gyldendal, 1993. Ed. Ole Juul Lund)

"Shakespeare in Love " (directed by John Madden) (1998) - uddrag som introduktion til tiden.

Samlet omfang: 50
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 13,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 5 The British Empire: Language and Power (EKSAMEN)

At its peak, the British Empire was the largest formal empire that the world had ever known, occupying about a quarter of Earth's total land area. In this course we have read texts from the viewpoint of the colonizers (the British) and analyzed how they have traditionally represented the colonized with the purpose of seeing how they justifed colonial rule through language.

The theoretical framework is provided by Edward Said's Orientalism, and the students have also been introduced to postcolonial criticism and theory as a specific way of reading texts.

Important concepts from this course:
•Point of view
•The white man's burden
•The civilizing mission
•Colonial discourse
•Representation
•Objectification
•Orientalism
•Dichotomy
•Use of contrasts
•Stereotype
•Classification
•Prejudice
•Superior vs. inferior
•Mental colonization
•Epistemic violence



TEXTS:

- "Rule Britannia" (18th century)
- Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" (1899) (poem)
- Aladdin (animationsfilmen fra 1992)

Supplerende:
- Tom Kristensen, "Hvid Mands Byrde" (oversættelse)
- "Orientalism" (theoretical text) in Katrine Brøndsted, Narrating India (Alt i Ord, 2016)
- Teacher's handouts: "Postcolonial Criticism - a specific way of analyzing texts" + "Orientalism - characteristics"

Hertil kommer forskelligt billedmateriale.

Samlet omfang: 25 sider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 6 moduler
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Titel 6 The Empire Writes Back (EKSAMEN)

This is the second of two courses about the British Empire, and in this course we change the perspective and read texts produced by writers from colonized or once-colonized countries. The goal is to see how these writers use literature as a means to regain a voice and challenge ideas of Western superiority.

Important concepts from this course:
•Mental colonization
•Epistemic violence
•Alienation
•+ the concepts from the previous course "The British Empire: Language and Power"

TEXTS:
- Ngugi wa Thiong'o, "Decolonizing the Mind" (1986) (essay, excerpt) in Global Language, Global Anguish
- Olive Senior, "Colonial Girls School" (1985) (poem)
- Jomo Kenyatta, "Gentlemen of the Jungle", (1938) (short story)

Supplerende:
Se handouts om Postcolonial Criticism og Orientalism fra kurset "The British Empire: Language and Power"

Trevor Noah, stand-up performance about "Colonialism done right"

Samlet omfang: 20 sider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 7 Afr.-Am. Literature: The Harlem Renaissance (EXAM)

In this course we have worked with texts from the period in African-American literary history known as The Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s-1930s. What these texts have in common is that they try to describe the experience of being African-American and thus give voice to a group of people that had historically been ignored. In addition to this, the Harlem Renaissance was also about breaking away from white standards and celebrating black culture and heritage.

Important concepts from the course:
•Racism
•Discrimination
•Segregation
•(In connection with Du Bois' essay) double consciousness, the veil, two-ness
•Cultural pride
• Artistic creativity
• Jazz
•Ebonics = African-American vernacular English
• Concepts for analyzing poetry (see the Quizlet from the course: https://quizlet.com/163609504/analyzing-poetry-useful-terms-flash-cards/)

TEXTS:
• W.E.B. Du Bois, "Souls of Black Folk" (1903) (Essay extract) (Voices from the African-American Experience, Munksgaard, 1995)

Group work and presentations of the following poems:
•James Weldon Johnson, "My City" (poem)
•Claude McKay, "If we must die" (poem)
•Langston Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (poem)
•Jean Toomer, "People" (poem)

• Dorothy Parker, "Arrangement in Black And White" (1927) short story

Supplerende:
"The Harlem Renaissance", U.S. History Online Textbook,
http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp
• Paintings from the Harlem Renaissance, e.g. Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" and Aaron Douglas' "Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction"
• Steven Willis, "Ebonics 101" (2019) (poem)
• "Black English: How AAVE Developed from Slave Resistance and African Dialects", The Breakdown (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7FIky7wplI


Samlet omfang: 45 sider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer