COD 2012 - S419

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton for IGCSE

IGCSE Literature teachers.

2 sessions, start: 13-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2012
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Martha Patricia De Cunto
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ARS 200.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 13 April 2012 06:00 pm 08:30 pm
2 27 April 2012 06:00 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Martha Patricia De Cunto

She holds a Master of Arts in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham, UK and is currently doing a PhD in Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. She is also pursuing a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies at UNR. 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.
IGCSE Literature teachers.
- Analyze the novel from different approaches.
- Explore key parts of the text.
- Discuss main themes and the use of stylistic devices for the creation of meaning.
1) Characters and characterization, conflict, themes, symbols, point of view, tone, atmosphere, use of time. Historical context. Key rhetorical figures in the text.
2) Ambiguity in the novel.
3) Different interpretations of the novel: the novel as a fairy tale for adults with Zeena as the witch. Ethan as the narrator's "Winterman". Feminist and linguistic readings of the text.
The facilitator will present the topics. Participants will be required to work on extracts to explore key moments in the novel and discuss how meaning is produced through close analysis of language.

Note: All reading materials will be provided during the course.
- Shepherd, Robert (ed.) (1998) Ethan Frome St. Paul, Minnesota EMC/Paradigm Publishing.

- Stockwell, Peter (2002) Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction. London: Routledge.

- Wolf, Cynthia Griffith (1977) A Feast of Words. The Triumph of Edith Wharton. New York: Oxford University Press.
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