OIB with MrsC

  Task 1: 1. Prepare for one-hour written paper on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray : Sibyl Gray, theatre scenes, Dorian Gray's family tree.  Task 2: Choose one of the following Jackie Kay three poems (or two poems, if necessary) see photocopy package:  1. Even the Trees (hint: look at /listen to " Strange Fruit " .. but also  the car crash that killed Bessie Smith . 2. The Right Season hint: look at  slavery as business ) 3. The Red Graveyard (hint: look  here ) Hint: Research  Bessie Smith Research the blues, and the slave-trade, and American racism and create a 3 minute presentation  explaining what your poem says to you . What can you see/hear/feel/taste as you are reading? What kind of world are you transported into and what is Kay's speaker saying about that world. Comment on the poetic techniques you feel are interesting. We will project the poem onto the board as you speak.  Be ready to present your three minutes worth of...

Other Lovers and Bessie Smith Here is an  interview with Jackie Kay , from March 2016: "Opening one of Jackie Kay’s books is like walking into a busy metropolitan bar that has accommodated within its walls the deep past, character and charm of a country pub. You know you will encounter stories comic and sad, that you will never leave thirsty, and that the mind will feel renewed with the spirit, musicality and colour of life. Kay’s output is too prolific to give but a précis. Her second poetry book, Other Lovers (1993), explored the impact of colonialism and slavery on black culture, and it was a topic she returned to in her play The Lamplighter (2008). She has a written a sequence of poems about Bessie Smith, and she also wrote a biographical portrait of the great blues singer, which was published in 1997.  ----------- A key message from the article is that "Jazz and blues have been a lifelong love" of Jackie Kay. This is a good starting point to the collection...which ...

  Dorian Gray’s Family Tree After re-reading Chapter 3, answer the following questions and prepare a dialogue summarizing the information? Dorian’s Grandfather : What does Queen’s questions reveal about his grandfather: Dorian’s Mother : Describe her with quotes:  Dorian’s Father: Describe him with quotes: Life and death: How did the father die? How was the grandfather involved? How did his mother have to do after his death and how did she react? What happened to the mother in the end? Who is Selby? Society: Is Dorian rich or poor? Explain… Perfect… Why does Lord Henry Wotton describe “Dorian Gray’s parentage… as an almost modern romance” and why does it make Dorian “more perfect”? Task: Complete ONE of the following TWO tasks: 1. Create and record a dialogue between Lord Henry and Basil Hallward wherein Henry explains to Basil why he believes Dorian’s parentage makes him ‘perfect.’ Record your conversation as an audio file. or 2. Create and record the thoughts/interviews of a...

Blog Homework. https://oibwithmrsc.blogspot.com/ Answer the 10 following questions in sentence form. If you want to type your answers, I would advise you to 'copy and paste' the following information into a Word document (save it immediately) and then start work :-) Key Issue 1 1. A challenge, follow the “History of Vampires” link to find out why the following mention is so important:  1748 Der Vampir , Heinrich August Ossenfelder.  2. Complete the blanks: It makes us wonder about our place as humans in society. We can question, how long until we ___________ to what we have always __________? Key Issue 2 1. What is the difference between a female victim and a heroine in Gothic literature? 2. Are children in gothic literature given stereotypical gender roles?` Key Issue 3 1. Fill in the blanks:     This fits with the general feeling of the ___________Victorian period: in a mechanical life, men and women are losing their roles and feeling ____________. Gothic...

 Here's a smart and capable response from one of your fellow classmates.  I thought you might enjoy the read :-) Jackie Kay   Choose between 1-3 themes explored in Jackie Kay’s poetry. How does she engage her reader to think about these themes ?   All throughout Jackie Kay’s collection of poems «  Life Mask  », she explores various themes and engage her reader to think about them. Jackie Kay published a variety of beautiful collections of poems and «  Life Mask  » is one of them. In this collection she particularly explores the themes of nature, love and aging which are key themes in all her work.     First of all, Jackie Kay uses the theme of nature to describe the gorgeous African landscape and biodiversity which brightens her poems but can also make them more profound and raw. Nature is particularly explored in the poem « Life Mask » with animal and floral imagery. Firstly, the animal, « an earful of bi...

 Thursday 23rd November, 2021 1. What is the Synoptic Topic ? Quick answer: it is part of your oral exam and is on the Gothic Topic. See handout and see your allotted key questions. 2. Understand you need to create a blog entry 3 times before June 2021 (see blog entry on how to create a blog entry!). 3. In your teams, watch this trailer for the British Film Industry's "Gothic Heart of Film" Trailer (two or three times).  What elements of this trailer form a link with your Key Issue? Provide feedback to the class... Here are all of the film clips used in the trailer, in order: Night of the Demon (Tourneur, 1957) Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) The Innocents (Clayton, 1961) The Woman in Black (Watkins, 2011) The Devil's Backbone (Del Toro, 2001) The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) Queen of Spades (Dickinson, 1949) The Woman in Black (Watkins, 2011) The Innocents (Clayton, 1961) Nosferatu (Herzog, 1979) The Ghoul (Hunter, 1933) The Mummy (Freund, 1932) The Devil's Backbone (Del T...

 Three times before the summer holidays, I will ask you to create a blog post on your Key Issue. Entry number one. Deadline: December 17th 2021 ((10points on Pronote) 1. Write a paragraph (in your own words) explaining your topic to a group of naive readers (eg: you classmates !). For example, how is gender represented in Gothic fiction? Are the woemn strong and determined? Do they balance fancy careers with six children? Are they unattractive and not very sexual? If course not ! Indeed, the answers to all these questions are NO. So, explain how women are generally presented in Gothic films and literature 2. Create a list of resources... with the links. When I  post your blog, I will include the links to open on a new page.  3. Write a short paragraph or use bullet points to explain your connection to Dorian Gray.  Entry number two Deadline: end February (20 points on Pronote) Write a one page essay (individually or together) explaining the link between your Key Issu...