Dystopia
Who wrote 1984?
George Orwell
How do you differentiate between diegetic and non-diegetic sound?
Diegetic - occurs within the world of the text
Non-diegetic - occurs outside the world
What is propaganda?
Information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause
What is an allegory?
A story that has a hidden meaning (usually a moral)
What is my middle name?
Rickie
What is a dystopian text?
Dystopian literature is one that imagines a world full of extreme oppression used to create a seemingly perfect world.
What is mise-en-scene?
What is the difference between repression and oppression?
Repression - to subdue something in yourself
Oppression - an external control or prolonged unjust treatment
What is stream of consciousness?
A style of narration where it attempts to mimic the way thoughts and feelings occur within the mind of a person. Often characterised by run on sentences, unorthodox punctuation, unstructured sentences...
When is my birthday?
17 May
Describe 3 ways that the trope of Power can be reflected in a dystopian text
Dictatorial / Authoritarian governments , surveillance , control through military , social control ...
In The Hours, what technique is used in the opening sequence to show all 3 women were connected somehow?
What does 'in media res' mean?
"In the middle of the thing" - when a text starts in the middle of the action
How many modules are there in Year 12 Adv English? What are they?
2. Module A - Textual Conversations
3. Module B - Critical Study of Literature
4. Module C - The Craft of Writing
What genre of literature do I not like reading much of?
Crime or romance
In Wk2 we looked at 1984 briefly...state 3 of the dystopian tropes that occurred in those extracts.
1. Totalitarian (authoritarian ok too) government
2. Total surveillance of individuals
3. Control of language and individual choices
If i wanted to convey a conversation between two people, what camera shot would I use to best show this?
Over the shoulder shot
What is a totalitarian government?
Relating to a system of government that is centralised and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Where did I meet my partner and how long have we been together?
At work ; 2.5 years
Compare and contrast 1984 and The Pedestrian - what similar dystopian aspects do they have, and what are their differences?
Different: 1984 - focuses more on government oppression, The Pedestrian - focuses more on technological concerns and loss of individuality / life.
What is a J cut ?
When you can hear the audio of the next scene before you see the next scene.
What is a hypophora?
Usually seen in a discursive text, when the writer poses a question to then directly answer it, as a means of structuring / redirecting the topic.
In the literary period of Romanticism, what were the most common subject areas of Romantic writers? Name 2.
The exploration of the individual, the mind, the natural world, the imagination, human emotions...
What is my go-to bubble tea store and why?
Coco, because they have soy milk and it tastes most similar to using normal milk there.