COD 2026 - D1235

Webinar - Affective Narratives in A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English for Exams in 2026 and 2027

Language and Literature secondary school teachers

1 sessions, start: 07-Aug

Please enrol before Tuesday, August 4th 2026

Course detail

Year: 2026
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Announced
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Martha Patricia De Cunto
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Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 07 August 2026 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Martha Patricia De Cunto

She holds a Master of Arts in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham, UK. She is pursuing a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies at UNR (Universidad Nacional de Rosario). She has been a lecturer in American Literature, Children's Literature, YAL Literature and Introduction to Literary Studies at I.E.S. Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández". She has also taught Creative Writing at ISP “Joaquín V. González”. She has been a teacher of Language and Literature in several schools in Buenos Aires for more than 30 years. She has been an International Baccalaureate examiner since 2013.
Language and Literature secondary school teachers
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (1858), a modern, grassroots, popular play, deals with the fearless relationship between a mother and a daughter who are struggling to achieve happiness in a harsh, impoverished industrial environment in the post-war era. It depicts nontraditional gender and sexual identities, mixed-race relationships, and atypical domestic roles that criticize the deeply ingrained societal beliefs and values of the 1950s in Salford in North West England. In keeping with the realistic New Wave Theater tradition, the play's episodic format depicts periods of unrelenting anger and disdain that stand in for unattainable aspirations for social and economic advancement. In compliance with the exam requirements, this webinar will offer a literary linguistic approach to the play. It will discuss characters and the relationship to other characters, their fears and ambitions and the ways the look for emotional and economic stability. It will deal with different levels of analysis: thematic, psychological and sociocultural.
1) Characters and characterization
2) Historical context
3) Intertextual references
4) The metaphorical use of the title
5) Imagery and symbols
6) The function of alcohol
7) Humor and the role of music
8) Analysis of characters’ emotions and the socio-cultural emotional rules
The facilitator will present the contents and use excerpts from the play for analysis. Participants will work on questions for Paper 2 and Paper 3.
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