Our Class
Name all the people who have taken EE1 in Stage 6 (year 11 or 12)
Natasha Melzer, Natasha Palaci, Iva Saquing, Abby Cooper, Katie Bull, Jessica Barrable, Lexi Romic
When did we start studying "Literary Worlds"?
Term 4, 2023
Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?
Mary Shelley
Name the two main characters in 'Waiting for Godot'
Vladimir and Estragon
What is the upheaval Heaney is writing during?
The Irish Troubles
Who ranked 1st in EE1 in Year 11?
Jessica Barrable
Who theorised that we should read a book with no regard or consideration for the author?
Roland Barthes
Name ONE specific upheaval that Shelley was reflecting in her text
What year was Waiting for Godot written?
1956
How many of Heaney's poems are we studying?
How many other EE1 classes has Mrs Knight taught?
0
What was the theory of representing the world, first voiced by Aristotle and Plato?
Mimesis
Name the three characters whose perspectives are voiced in the novel through the Frame Narrative structure.
Walton, Victor and the monster
What is the opening line of the play?
"nothing to be done."
Name all of the poems in Heaney's collection (that we studied)
Triptych, The Strand at Lough Beg, Casualty, Digging, Whatever You Say Nothing, Funeral Rites
What was our class average for the Trial HSC Examination?
61%
Name five different elements of building a literary world.
Setting, Context, Genre, Characterisation, Purpose, Values, Voice/Perspective, Conflict, Language
What style of opening is used for the novel?
Epistolary
Name 3 features of the text which reflect the upheaval from the hope of modernism into existential/nihilistic postmodern thinking?
Barren Setting, Nonsensical Dialogue, Absence of Temporal Markers, Repetitive Language, Questioning of Meaning/Purpose, Absence of Plot
Which poem is this quote from:
"Between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests; snug as a gun"?
Digging
How many students sat the EE1 exam in 2023?
3709
Which HSC papers have asked for both an analysis/discussion of unseen texts AND a critical/creative response?
2019 ONLY
Name the three main intertextual reference made (implicitly or explicitly) in Shelley's novel
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Paradise Lost, Prometheus Unbound,
What is the final stage direction in the play?
They do not move
What technique is within this quote, "Where zoom lenses, recorders and coiled leads/Litter the hotels."?
Tricolon, double entendre, metaphor