THE LITERATURE AS STOODLE: August 2012

Welcome to the Literature As Stoodle

You will find lots of links to resources, lessons and suggestions for wider reading on this blog. Check the recommended reading bar to the right. Wider Reading is very important for your exam question, Section A: Contextual linking. This is where you will be given an extract to analyse and link to your wider reading on the Struggle for Identity.
The Struggle for Identity areas are : Gender, Class, Political, Social, Indidividual, religious and sexual.
One very, very useful text is the New Oxford Student Text which contains extracts of prose, drama and poetry as well as useful comments.
To get the best out of this Blog, click on the labels to the right which will group posts on the same topic. Also click on the links to other sites to improve your studies. You can download resources and save them to your own computers. You might even want to keep your own Blog.
Enjoy your course and check in regularly.
Mrs Sims
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Monday 13 August 2012

An Interview with Margaret Atwood

Click on the QR Code to go to BBC Radio 4 An Interview with Margaret Atwood on "The Handmaid's Tale"

Sunday 12 August 2012

Trailer for The Stepford Wives Bryan Forbes 1975

Themes in "The Handmaid's Tale" include the female struggle for identity and the way men and the state exrecise power and control over women. . This film by Brian Forbes is about a contemporary American feminist dystopia where suburban housewives are replaced by robotic models.