Who Am I?
I am an author who likes to 'reimagine' texts
Margaret Atwood
"Big Brother is Watch You"
1984
"Texts explore universal human experiences and emotions"
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
This technique involves the use of recurring symbols or images to reinforce meaning
Motif
George Orwell was influenced by concerns about this type of political system
Totalitarianism
I am considered one of the greatest writers in the English language
William Shakespeare
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on"
The Tempest
"Resonances and dissonances between texts"
Module A: Textual Conversations
A fragmented, non-linear structure reflects this broader literary movement
Modernism
Margaret Atwood reimagines Shakespeare's ideas in a modern context shaped by this institution
The prison system / incarceration
I am a modernist writer who likes to explore fragmentation and disillusionment.
TS Eliot
"Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some"
Hag-Seed
"Close study of a single text and its textual ingetriy"
Module B: Critical Study of Literature
The use of surveillance imagery and restricted narrative perspective in 1984 reinforces this central idea
Control / Loss of Freedom
William Shakespeare wrote during this cultural movement, which emphasised humanism and classical learning
The Renaissance Period
I like dystopian texts that focus on totalitarianism
George Orwell
"Freedom is the freedom to say..."
1984
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
The use of metatheatre and performance in Hag-Seed highlights they key idea about storytelling
Power of Art / Transformation
The disillusionment in TS Eliot's poetry reflects the aftermath of this historical event
World War 1
I explore power, illusion, and forgiveness through my texts
William Shakespeare
"The thing of darkness I acknowledge mine"
The Tempest
"Comparative study of how context shapes meaning across texts"
Module A: Textual Conversations
In The Tempest, Prospero's control of illusion is an example of this broader literary concept
Power / Authority / Manipulation
Comparing The Tempest and Hag-Seed reveals how changing contexts produce these textual relationships
Resonances and dissonances / Textual Conversations