COD 2018 - S635

Finding Home in a "Small Island" (AS Set Text 2019/2020/2021)

AS Literature teachers and literature lovers interested in Postcolonial, Border and Caribbean Literatures

1 sesiones, inicia: 23-Ago

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Ciclo: 2018
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Ms. Julia Fernández Armendariz, Mrs. Maria Victoria Llera
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1 23 Agosto 2018 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Julia Fernández Armendariz

Julia Fernández Armendariz graduated as an English teacher from IES en Lenguas Vivas Juan R. Fernández, where she also completed specialisation courses in English Literature and British History. She holds a BA in Education from Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and a Postgraduate Certificate in English Studies from The University of Nottingham, England. Her areas of specialty include Postcolonial Studies, Border Theory and Historical Fiction. She teaches Literature II and Cultural Studies at IES en Lenguas Vivas "Juan R. Fernández", and English Literature and Culture at ENS en Lenguas Vivas "Sofia B. Spangenberg". She also works at Secondary school level.

Maria Victoria Llera

Victoria Llera is a Graduate Teacher of English from I. E. S en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández" and holds a BA in English Language from the University of San Martín. She is currently specializing in English Literature II and Literary Movements of the Twentieth Century at the I.E.S.L.V. “Juan Ramón Fernández” while teaching IGCSE/AS at Colegio Jesus Maria, Recoleta. She has taught IB Language B and has been working at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Philosophy and Letters, teaching language and delivering courses on Postcolonial Literature for the last six years.
AS Literature teachers and literature lovers interested in Postcolonial, Border and Caribbean Literatures
- To promote an analysis of the novel based on the historical and cultural context and reflecting on key concepts such as immigration, diaspora and the homeland.
- To provide literature teachers with ideas and possible pathways to analyse and work with the text in preparation for the AS Literature Exam.
- To discuss ways of facilitating students’ reading and interpretation of the text.
- To reflect upon the ideas of home, nation and nationality, cultural identity and belonging.
- Presentation of Border Theory, diaspora and immigration and Rite of Passage.
- Historical Context: World War II, Nationality Acts.
- Analysis of imagined communities, cosmopolitanism and nationality in the novel.
- Reading of key extracts and character analysis.
- Presentation of key concepts, discussion and guided group reflection and exchange of ideas on thematic concerns.
- Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso, 1991.
- Bhabha, Homi. The Location of Culture. London: Routledge, 1994.
- Bhabha, Homi, Nation and Narration. London: Routledge, 1990.
- Clifford, James. Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1997.
- Hall, Stuart. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage, 1996.
- Levy, Andrea. Small Island. New York: Picador, 2004.
- McLeod, John. Beginning Postcolonialism. Manchester, U.K.: Manchester UP, 2000.
- Michaelsen, S. and Johnson, D. Border Theory: The Limits of Cultural Politics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1997.
- Rushdie, Salman. Imaginary Homelands. Essays and Criticism 1981-1991. Middlesex: Granta Books, 1992.
- Said, Edward W. Orientalism. New York: Vintage, 1977.
- Smith, Anthony. National Identity. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1991.
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