COD 2017 - S592

Revisiting Wuthering Heights: a Classic for Teens (A level 2017-2019)

A level Literature teachers and Literature teachers in general

1 sessions, start: 07-Jun

Course detail

Year: 2017
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 400.00
Non affiliate
ARS 400.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 07 June 2017 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo

Leonardo graduated from the University of La Plata as a Teacher of English Language and Literature. He is doing his MA degree in Literary Studies at UBA. He has worked as a Teaching Assistant in Contemporary English Literature for two years and one in English Culture and Civilization at UNLP. He has participated in several academic conferences. For the past fifteen years, he has taught ESL and FLE classes for IGCSE and AS/A English Language and Literature in English at Patris Bilingual School, City Bell, and he has prepared IB candidates at St. George's, Quilmes and at Southern International School. For the past three years, he has developed digital material for an online educational platform.
A level Literature teachers and Literature teachers in general
- To present the context of production and its marks in the text.

- To provide A level/AS literature teachers with useful tools for the analysis of a classic.

- To discuss possible ways of facilitating students' reading.

- To reflect upon the significance of Brontë’s text in the XXIst century.

- To share ways of approaching the text in class with engaging activities.
• Confinement and gender.
• Stability in a world of villainous deeds.
• The symmetrical structure of the novel.
• Nature versus Civilization and Gothic elements in the novel.
• Stylistic analysis of the text.
• The relevance of Wuthering Heights in the English literary tradition.
- Presentation and discussion of the novel, the context of production and its themes.

- Participants will be presented with material to arouse students' interest and to facilitate their understanding of the text.

- Discussion of possible ways to enhance students’ analysis and production for A level Literature examinations; including close reading techniques, thinking routines and games among others.
- A/AS syllabus and material available on www.cie.org.uk

- Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Penguin Popular Classics. England, 1994.

- Crouse, Jamie S. ‘This Shattered Prison’: Confinement, Control and Gender in Wuthering Heights. Brontë Studies, Vol. 33. USA, November 2008.

- Fusco, Michelle. Wuthering Heights and the Influence of Literary Value. Edith Cowan University, 2010. http://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/1349

- Przybylowicz, Samantha. (Dys)Function in the Moors: Everyone’s a Villain in Wuthering Heights. Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies 14, 2013.

- Skjaldardottir, G. Elements of the Gothic, Falling from Nature in Wuthering Heights. University of Iceland, 2012.

- Tang, Junhong and Liu, Yan. The Opposition and Integration between Civilization and Nature – Analysis of Wuthering Heights from the Perspective of Eco-criticism. Advances in Literary Study, 2014. Published Online October 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/als http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/als.2014.24022

- Varghese, Lata M. Stylistic Analysis of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp. 46-50. India, 2012.

- Zhao, Juan. Female Consciousness in Wuthering Heights. Studies in Literature and Language, vol. 3, N°2, pp. 25-27. Canada 2011.
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