My teaching notes for ch 8-16 of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Race and developing consicence 8-16 Read More "Huck: Race and Developing Conscience"
Teaching notes on Huckleberry Finn: Setting and character 1-8
Putting together my ideas for next term and the need to link Finn with Gatsby, within the context of American Literature 1880-1940. In this ppt I look at Setting and character in the opening section of the novel and find …
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Don’t let the bastards grind you down: Seaton and Byron, a well matched pair.
Arthur Seaton, the hero of Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning uses this catch phrase as he faces up to life in the factory -as a cog in large machine. He symbolises a new working class for the new post …
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OCR A level Literature: NEA approach
Since the arrival of the new syllabus we have worked with an NEA which really works for us. I learned during last academic year that we need to change our choices. Irritating, but a chance to develop a new approach. …
Gatsby: An African American issue
I thought I would write a short article instead of a teaching aid to cover this discussion. Hopefully students will read this and let their research and wider reading fill in any gaps in my narrative. I am aiming at …
Gatsby: A queer theory stimulus
Queer theory is a developing field and there are complex nuances and variations to any approach. Here I look at The Great Gatsby, led by Lois Tyson's Literary Criticism Today. I teach Gatsby alongside Huck Finn and this will be …
Gatsby: Feminist Stimulus
I wrote this a while ago. I still stand by it, though I want to ensure that students are introduced to Feminism in a broader sense and also begin to recognise a Patriarchal Agenda when they come across it. I …
