Common Module
Why does Winston begin writing in his diary?
To assert individuality and record truth against the Party’s control.
What form/genre is Looking for Richard?
Docu-drama, Post-modern, film
What image of the modern city is presented in Preludes?
The grim, decaying, monotonous, fragmented life of urban industrial society (e.g. “grimy scraps,” “faint stale smells of beer”).
What is Atwoods’s main argument in Spotty Handed Villainesses?
Margaret Atwood argues that literature should allow female characters to be complex and flawed, rather than restricting them to good/evil binary roles.
What are Ms Clark's children's names?
How does Syme explain the true purpose of Newspeak?
To narrow the range of thought by removing words and concepts.
What thematic concerns are consistent across both texts? (Name 2)
The performativity of power, truth, manipulation of language, corruption, ethics and politics
How does Eliot use industrial imagery in Preludes to reflect modern spiritual emptiness?
The mechanical repetition of city life mirrors loss of purpose and inner desolation.
What is the difference between discursive and persuasive writing?
Discursive responses allow for a personal voice to explore an idea from mutliple angles, include anecdotes and opinion and can have a more informal structure. Persuasive responses expect a clearer perspective, with factual evidence and a formal structure.
Where is Richard?
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What are the main key words from the rubric?
Human Experience
Individual
Collective
Paradox
Anomaly
Inconsisteny
Human Motivations
Human Condition/Emotions
What 21st-century issues shape Pacino’s Looking for Richard?
The power of the auteur, Shakespeare's relevance, psychology, metatheatre, the process of film making, gender equality
What is “fragmentation” in Eliot’s poetry?
Breaking up of narrative, voice, or image to mirror the disjointedness of modern life. Techniques like synecdoche, metanym, "sectioning" in structure, irregular rhyme scheme lineation, monostich, truncated sentences, antimetabole
What imagery does Harwood use in “Barn Owl” to capture childhood innocence and cruelty?
Violent imagery ("tangling in bowels”, "hobbled in its own blood.") reflects a loss of innocence and awakening to death.
What is Ms Clark's favourite colour?
Yellow
How does the manipulation of language influence human thought and memory in the novel?
Without words, complex ideas disappear: language controls reality and memory.
How does Pacino draw attention to the power of the composer to create / represent truth?
Intentional metafilmic references to the process of creating the film, fourth wall breaking comments and looks to the camera, intentional sound design, Pacino as a character himself
Name 4 different intertextual references in our studied poems
Dante's inferno, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Shakespeare's King Lear, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's Twelth Night, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, The Vible, Lancelot Andrewes' 1622 Nativity Sermon
How does reflection strengthen Module C writing tasks?
Shows our conscious control of craft and ability to evaluate purpose, audience, and form.
What does "F" in the "CVAP" stand for?
Form, Context, Values, Audience, Purpose
How does the concept of “thoughtcrime” represent a suppression of individuality and human experience?
Criminalises independent thought, eliminating freedom, creativity, and personal truth.
Which female character in Richard III appears in Looking for Richard mainly through Pacino's commentary and is notably absent from the dramatised scenes?
Queen Margaret
In Rhapsody, how does the “street lamp” function symbolically?
Personified lamp exposes futility, artificiality, and distorted memory.
What technique does Atwood use to connect with her audience?
Anecdotes, rhetorical questions, and conversational style.
What excellent university did Ms Clark go to?
BONUS: What club did she run with her stunningly handsome husband?
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