Objectification

Hi Y13
In the last few lessons we have looked at feminism in detail. You have created posters that demonstrate your knowledge of:

• the waves in Feminism
• different types of feminism
• key concepts in feminism and 
• post-feminism

All of these aspects should have been covered on your posters.

We also looked in detail at Objectification - a key concept in Feminism. For this we looked at this guy on YouTube. This useful to consider the hyper-sexual objectification in recent years.

We also watched the second episode of John Berger's Ways of Seeing. Although this is about Art, it is an excellent episode that can be directly applied to Literature. It's really useful for looking at context too and representation of women as a sexual object through history. The Adam and Eve aspect of this is crucial as women are to blame for their nakedness (literally, since the beginning of time!); this could be seen to account for their objectification.

Your homework was to read the handout I gave you. I expect you to be able to talk about this on Monday.

Ms

Feminism and the Critical Anthology

Hi all
This week have started our consideration of Feminism and we will move to look at texts from a Feminist perspective.
We have evaluated spoken language and how this perpetuates stereotypes in society and, as I am sure you have gathered, looking at a text from a feminist perspective is doing a similar thing.
Here's today's lesson; ensure you answer the questions on the final slide. You must read and re-read the article in the Critical Anthology. Let me know if you have any problems.
THE FINAL QUESTION IS HARD TO SEE. It says:Why are female characters in literature considered to be constructions?

Best wishes,
Ms 

A term down...

Dear Y13

Right, it's a term down and I feel that we have found our feet. Your second draft essays are infinitely more sophisticated than your first ones  - well done.

You should make sure I have a copy of your final essay ASAP. This should be double line spaced, have italicised poem names, correct references throughout (use this link for the best ever guide to referencing) including a bibliography. You should also have a word count. you should also not refer to the bourgeoisie as upper class: use bourgeoisie. It's the correct, Marxist terminology.

Over the holiday you should also research the life of John Donne and be ready to teach the class something about him.  He was an intensely interesting man and I think you're going to love studying his poetry!

Do let me know if you have any problems or need any help.

Best wishes,
Ms 

Homework

Your homework was to put a paragraph in the comments section that integrates the context with your analysis.
Remember to have a topic sentence on your paragraph....

Coursework Questions NT

Essay Feedback

Dear Y13
After looking at most of your essays now I have a few general points to make.

1. Have a clear topic sentence. What is your paragraph about? Each paragraph should have an introductory sentence that says what your paragraph is about; this could also link to the question.
2. You need to have extended analysis of quotations. I can't underestimate the importance of this. It's necessary now and it's necessary in the exam. Say as much as you can. 
3. Explore how your quote links to Marxism and any potential links to Them and Uz
4. In your analysis, can you link to any context. Don't do this as a mini-biography of Harrison, but as an integrated response to your quotation.

I didn't start out with the intention of these being AO1, 2, 3 and 4, but that's how it happened...

Leave a comment if you have any questions.

Ms

National Trust Structure

This week we have looked at the structure of National Trust.
Here's the PPT that we used in class.

National trust structure from MsCaldwell