COD 2016 - S559

Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular for A/AS Literature 2016-2018

AS/A Literature teachers

1 sesiones, inicia: 29-Mar

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Ciclo: 2016
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Mr. Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
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ARS 300.00

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Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 29 Marzo 2016 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Capacitador/es

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.
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.
• 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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