COD 2007 - G406

Reading Groups on Contemporary Literature: New Writing 14

IGCSE, literature and language teachers interested in the "new literatures" and in reading about diverse cultures in English.

1 sesiones, inicia: 14-Abr

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Ciclo: 2007
Nivel: General
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Ms. Florencia Perduca MA
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1 14 Abril 2007 10:00 am 12:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Florencia Perduca

Florencia Perduca, Graduate Teacher of English and Literary Translator from I. E. S en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández", MA in Education Management and MA in Literary Linguistics (University of
Nottingham), is an ESSARP course Coordinator specialised in Literatures in Englishes, Literary Linguistic Analysis and Postcolonial Theory. She teaches Literature in English at I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernandez", Cultural Studies at ENS en Lenguas Vivas "Sofía E. Broquen de Spangenberg", Postcolonial Literature at Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. She teaches IGCSE Literature and IB English Language and Literature. She is the Overall Head of English Department at Tarbut School.
IGCSE, literature and language teachers interested in the "new literatures" and in reading about diverse cultures in English.
- To promote a context-based approach to the reading of texts which lend themselves to exploring the "New Literatures" in Englishes. - To look for and build strategies to raise teachers and students' awareness of specific cultures and their worlds of meaning.
A set of short stories from New Writing 14 with particular focus on displacement, otherness and identity. - Romesh Gunesekera's "Independence". - Anuradha Vijayakrishnan's "Narayani's Journey".
- Presentation and discussion of how to approach "the New Literatures". - Guided group reflection and exchange of ideas on the main themes and issues raised by the text. - Reading of key extracts in the short stories and reflection on how they mean.
Ashcroft, Griffiths, Tiffin (1989) The Empire Writes Back, London: Routledge. Ashcroft, Griffiths, Tiffin (1995) The Post- Colonial Reader, London: Routledge. Boehmer, E. (1995) Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Greenlaw, L. & Habila, h. (2006) New Writing 14, London: Granta Book.
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