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Exploring
Genre
Revenge
Tragedy
by Barbara Stanners
Each
title in this series of teacher resource books, intended for use
with students in middle and senior secondary years, starts with a
detailed definition of the genre, followed by an examination of a
wide range of texts with
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·background
information
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·information
about text and context
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ideas on genre conventions, representation of themes,
characters, style
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suggestions and strategies for dealing with the texts
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a
wide range of student activities to suit different year levels,
with emphasis on what is being said and how it is being said, with
questions
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response tasks
Exploring Genre is
an invaluable resource with in depth analysis and student exercises
to help students analyse, question, interpret and articulate their
understanding of the text.
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Exploring Genre
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Revenge Tragedy- Contents |
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Genre |
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Defining Tragedy |
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Evolution of the Genre |
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Typical Conventions and Motifs |
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Classic Tragedy |
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Electra |
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Medea |
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Renaissance “Blood Tragedy” |
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The Spanish Tragedy |
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Hamlet |
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The Revenger’s Tragedy |
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Gothic Vengeance |
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Frankenstein |
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Wuthering Heights |
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Poe-The Cask of Amontillado |
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Browning – Soliloquy at a Spanish Cloister |
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The Vendetta-Guy de Maupassant |
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The Poison Tree – William Blake |
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Contemporary Revenge Tragedy |
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The Tragedy of the Common Man |
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High Noon |
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The Crucible |
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Daddy |
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Cell Block Tango – Chicago |
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Black Medea |
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Cinematic Vengeance |
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Memento |
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Road to Perdition |
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Revengers Tragedy |
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Responding and Composing |
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Responding to Revenge Tragedy |
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Sample Student Response |
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