Holdet 3uwx EN (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution Frederiksberg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e)
Hold 2025 EN/3uwx EN (3uwx EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Fiction: Horror
Titel 2 Non-Fiction: America in the World
Titel 3 The Merchant of Venice

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Fiction: Horror

Lingua Franca

1. Youtube: "How English sounds to non-English speakers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY

2. Feature film: Inglourious Basterds (2009) written & directed by Quentin Tarantino (excerpt, first 22min)

3. Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds (2009), pp. 1-19.

Articles:

1. Hersh, Seymor M. Torture at Abu Ghrai. The New Yorker, 2004.

2. Reicher, Stephen & Alex Haslam. Why not everyone is a torturer. BBC, 2004.




Short Stories

1. Jackson, Shirley. The Lottery. The New Yorker, 1948.
2. Jackson, Shirley. The Possibility of Evil. Saturday Evening Post, 1965.
3. Poe, Edgar. The Black Cat. The Saturday Evening Post, 1843.
4. Poe, Edgar Allan. Hop-Frog. The Flag of Our Union, 1849
5. Hurst, James. The Scarlet Ibis. The Atlantic, July 1960.
6. King, Stephen. "The Last Rung on the Ladder". Night Shift. Doubleday, 1978.
7. Machado, Carmen Maria. "The Husband Stitch". Her Body and Other Parties.  Graywolf Press, 2017.
8. Machado, Carmen Maria. "Inventory". Her Body and Other Parties. Graywolf Press, 2017
9. Le Guin, Ursula K. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. New Dimensions 3, 1973.
10. King, Stephen. "Summer Thunder". The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Scribner, 2015.
11. Bradbury, Ray. "The Veldt". The Illustrated Man. Doubleday & Company, 1951.
12. Dahl, Roald. Man from the South. Collier's, 1948.

Feature films

1. Get Out (2017) directed by Jordan Peele

2. Uncut Gems (2019) directed by Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie

Short films

1. Dylan Clark. Portrait of God (Short Horror Film). 2022. Vimeo

2. ponysmasher. Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013). Youtube, 2013

3. Key & Peele. Auction Block. Comedy Central, Youtube. 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB7MichlL1k


Television

1. Netflix series: Love, Death + Robots
Season 3, episode 2: “Bad Travelling”

2. HBO series: Game of Thrones (excerpts)

-“King Geoffrey: Hands or tongue?”  https://youtu.be/lOpGnwYP8PY

-“King Geoffrey: Name Day” https://youtu.be/6XINPY0YubA

Netflix: Black Mirror:  Season 3, episode 3 "Shut Up and Dance" directed by James Watkins

Netflix: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More: Episode 3: "The Rat Catcher".  (Based on the short story by Roald Dahl)


Theory


1. King, Stephen. Why We Crave Horror Movie. Playboy Magazine, 1981.

2. Truby, John. “Horror: Religion.” The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works, First edition, Picador, 2022.

Grammar

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Titel 2 Non-Fiction: America in the World

Articles:

Tavernise, Sabrina. Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally. The New York Times, 2025.

Luo, Michael. Who Gets to Be an American?. The New Yorker, 2025.

Koithan, Stephanie. ICE shooter Jonathan Ross reportedly married to Filipina who immigrated to the U.S. San Antonio Current, 2026

Cadava, Geraldo. What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear. The New Yorker, 2025.

Pishko, Jessica. The Private Citizens Who Want to Help Trump Deport Migrants. The New Yorker, 2025.

Pager, Tyler and Hamed Aleaziz. How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting. The New York Times, 2026

Talbot, Margaret. Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump. The New Yorker, 2026.

Nichols, Tom. Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe. The Atlantic, 2026.

Stanley-Becker, Isaac. The Sacrifice of the Danes. The Atlantic, 2026.

Hersey, John. "Chapter 1: A Noiseless Flash". Hiroshima, The New Yorker, 1946.

Farrow, Ronan. From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories. The New Yorker, 2017.

Ostberg, René. "James Baldwin". Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Nov. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Baldwin.


Miscellaneous videos:

"James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek9h3a5wQ

Greer, Christina Notes of a native son: The world according to James Baldwin. Youtube, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKku0AfTs0c

"Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on." PBS News Hour, 2020


Documentary:
Callaghan, Andrew. Dear Kelly. Channel Five, 2025: https://www.dearkellyfilm.com/


Book:
Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Mariner Books, 2007.
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Titel 3 The Merchant of Venice

Important notes:

The Merchant of Venice can be interpreted as either a pro-Semitic or anti-Semitic text, depending on the historical and cultural context in which it is read.

Iambic pentameter in Shakespeare’s time was not necessarily performed with strict rhythmic emphasis; rather, it often functioned as a mnemonic device to help actors memorize large amounts of text across multiple plays.

The story of Roderigo Lopes provides important context for understanding the play’s subtext, particularly in relation to contemporary attitudes toward Jews in Elizabethan England.

Video:
Skinner, Quentin. Shakespeare 2016! with Quentin Skinner, “Judicial Rhetoric in ‘The Merchant of Venice’”. Washington and Lee University. Youtube 2016. (00:50:00-1:19:16)


Feature film:
Radford, Michael, director. The Merchant of Venice. Performance by Al Pacino, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Play:
Munby, Jonathan & Robin Lough director. The Merchant of Venice. Performance by Jonathan Pryce, Illuminations, 2016. Blu-ray.

Book:
Smith, Rob. Cambridge School of Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Secondary literature:

Kaaber, Lars. Merchant of Venice Lecture. University of Copenhagen, 2013.
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