COD 2016 - S559
Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular for A/AS Literature 2016-2018
AS/A Literature teachers
1
sessions, start: 29-Mar
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2016
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
ESSARP Schools
ARS
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 300.00
ARS 300.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 2016 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
AS/A Literature teachers
- To present the context of production and its marks in the text.
- To provide A/AS literature teachers with useful tools for the analysis of a postmodern text.
- To discuss possible ways of facilitating students' reading.
- To reflect upon the significance of Ayckbourn’s particular use of humour for social criticism.
- To share ways of approaching the text in class with engaging activities.
- To provide A/AS literature teachers with useful tools for the analysis of a postmodern text.
- To discuss possible ways of facilitating students' reading.
- To reflect upon the significance of Ayckbourn’s particular use of humour for social criticism.
- To share ways of approaching the text in class with engaging activities.
• Marital relations in postmodern times.
• The individual and society: meritocracy and social pressure.
• Irony and humour.
• What is supposed to be onstage and not: an offstage play.
• Criticism of middle classes’ interests and desires before Thatcher.
• The individual and society: meritocracy and social pressure.
• Irony and humour.
• What is supposed to be onstage and not: an offstage play.
• Criticism of middle classes’ interests and desires before Thatcher.
- Presentation and discussion of the play, the context of production and its themes.
- Participants will be presented with material to arouse students' interest and to facilitate their understanding of the play.
- Discussion of possible ways to enhance students’ production for A/AS Literature examinations.
- Participants will be presented with material to arouse students' interest and to facilitate their understanding of the play.
- Discussion of possible ways to enhance students’ production for A/AS Literature examinations.
- A/AS syllabus and material available on www.cie.org.uk
- Ayckbourn, Alan. Three Plays – Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce. Random House eBooks, 2010
- Jones, Robert. Turns, Topics and Tyranny: Conversation Analysis and Power in Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular. University of Nottingham, 2009.
- Vokes, Elizabeth. Playing with time: the relationship between theatrical timeframe, dramatic narrative and character development in the plays of Alan Ayckbourn. University of Western Cape, 2006.
- Ayckbourn, Alan. Three Plays – Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce. Random House eBooks, 2010
- Jones, Robert. Turns, Topics and Tyranny: Conversation Analysis and Power in Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular. University of Nottingham, 2009.
- Vokes, Elizabeth. Playing with time: the relationship between theatrical timeframe, dramatic narrative and character development in the plays of Alan Ayckbourn. University of Western Cape, 2006.