Project Plans

Timeline, plan, and project resources below. Bon appétit.

Literary Criticism

Goal:To analyse literature through the lenses of literary theory.

Task: You will write a literary analysis on one of the following works, applying a corresponding literary theory: Lucy (Postcolonial criticism); The Road (Eco-criticism); Waiting for Godot (Deconstruction);The Yellow Wallpaper (Feminist theory)

Assessment: Your grade will be based on class participation + preparation and understanding of the texts and theories + your written analysis + a seminar where we discuss the implementation of all four perspectives across these texts.

Week 11

Intro to postcolonial theory

Material: Beginning theory pp. 15-18; 160-166

Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid (1990) ch. 1-3

Week 12

Apply postcolonial theory on Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid (1990) ch. 1-3 + seminar

At home: finish Lucy

Week 13

Intro The Road, Cormac McCarthy (2006) start-half+ Eco-criticism

Week 16

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Week 15

Waiting for Godot + Deconstruction + The Yellow Wallpaper + Feminist Criticism + Listening test

an open book sitting on top of a wooden table

Week 14

Easter break

A room filled with lots of books and chairs

Seminars + prepare for literary analysis

Week 17

Week 18

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The Road + Eco-criticism

Usage-test

At home: Read Waiting for Godot + The Yellow Wallpaper

A person writing complex formulas on a chalkboard.

Week 20

Week 19

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Literary analysis in exam.net

Reading test + Writing test

Seminars + prepare for literary analysis

Fake News and Satire

Goal: Write a compare and contrast essay on the concepts Fake News and Satire.

a statue of a man with his finger in his mouth

Week 3

Satire – then and now

Read the Masterclass article on Satire + A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift + an article from The Union.

Write a comparative paragraph (type 1 model) on pre-internet satire vs post-internet satire.
Create a short satirical article or video

a stamp that reads fake news on a piece of paper

Week 4

Fake news – motivations

Read CJR - The Real History of Fake News + additional sources by choice from the source-document.

Task: Write one thesis statement, three topic sentences, and one full compare-and-contrast paragraph (Type 1 or 2) explaining two different motivations behind fake news.