COD 2023 - D877
Webinar - Guilt, Regret and Crafted Subjectivities in Atonement by Ian McEwan (AS Set text 2022-2023-2024)
AS Literature teachers and Literature lovers interested in the text
1
sessions, start: 11-Jul
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2023
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Mrs. Maria Victoria Llera, Ms. Julia Fernández Armendariz
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Non affiliate
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Sessions
Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 July 2023 | 05:30 pm | 07:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Maria Victoria Llera
Julia Fernández Armendariz
AS Literature teachers and Literature lovers interested in the text
- To promote an analysis of the novel based on its historical context, from a postmodern perspective.
- To provide literature teachers with ideas and possible pathways to analyse and work with the text in preparation for the AS Literature Exam.
- To discuss ways of facilitating students’ reading and interpretation of the text.
- To reflect upon the ideas of loss of innocence, guilt, the nature of truth and storytelling and the all-pervasive effects of war.
- To pay close attention to symbolism in Wright's 2007 adaptation into film and how it stresses the importance of key themes and motifs.
- To provide literature teachers with ideas and possible pathways to analyse and work with the text in preparation for the AS Literature Exam.
- To discuss ways of facilitating students’ reading and interpretation of the text.
- To reflect upon the ideas of loss of innocence, guilt, the nature of truth and storytelling and the all-pervasive effects of war.
- To pay close attention to symbolism in Wright's 2007 adaptation into film and how it stresses the importance of key themes and motifs.
- Ian McEwan, life, work and style.
- Introduction to the historical novel and its context: The Interwar Years, World War II, and the war effort.
- Analysis of the novel from poststructuralist and new historicist perspectives.
- Discussion of characterisation, symbols and motifs.
- Analysis of scenes from Wright's 2007 film adaptation.
- Reading of key extracts and character analysis with AS Literature exam in mind.
- Introduction to the historical novel and its context: The Interwar Years, World War II, and the war effort.
- Analysis of the novel from poststructuralist and new historicist perspectives.
- Discussion of characterisation, symbols and motifs.
- Analysis of scenes from Wright's 2007 film adaptation.
- Reading of key extracts and character analysis with AS Literature exam in mind.
- Presentation of key concepts, discussion and guided group reflection and exchange of ideas on thematic concerns.
- Chevalier, Jean and Alain Gheerbrant. Dictionary of Symbols. London: Penguin Books, 1996.
- Howard, M. (1998) The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Hutcheon, L. (2006) A Theory of Adaptation. New York: Routledge.
- McEwan, I. (2001) Atonement. London: Jonathan Cape.
- Howard, M. (1998) The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Hutcheon, L. (2006) A Theory of Adaptation. New York: Routledge.
- McEwan, I. (2001) Atonement. London: Jonathan Cape.