Belonging -
an area of study
by Barbara Stanners
Belonging - an area of study provides a wide-ranging textual study of facets of the concept of belonging, with emphasis on:
defining and identifying conceptual meaning
examining the process of representing and communicating meaning within texts
evaluating textual form, structure and language
interpretation of conceptual links between texts
The text provides detailed analysis , questions and exercises for a broad range of 'belonging' texts. deconstruction of core themes, techniques and stylistic methods provides teachers and students with relevant information that will help them comprehend the different ways in which composers have explored the many complex ideas associated with belonging or not belonging, inclusivity and non-exclusivity, social acceptance or alienation:
o suggestions and strategies for dealing with the prescribed texts, including detailed analysis,
o links to the area of study and quotable quotes
o photocopiable student pages with questions focussing on what is being said and how it is being said
o essay questions and response tasks
o clear references to the prescribed texts to make it easy to locate relevant extracts
o examples
o guidelines for assessment and sample student essays
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Also available for HSC English:
Standard Modules and Electives - new edition 2009
Advanced Modules and Electives - new edition 2009
Exam Preparation Guide - area of study Belonging
Belonging an area of study
Contents
Belonging Basics
The Language of Belonging
Defining Belonging
Belonging as a Fundamental Need
the Benefits of Belonging
The Negatives of Not Belonging
Alienation - A Common Literary Motif
Alienation and the Immigrant Experience
Prescribed Texts
Prose Fiction or Non-fiction
Charles Dickens ~ Great Expectations
Raymond Gaita ~Romulus, My Father
Jhumpa Lahiri ~The Namesake
Drama or Film or Shakespeare
Arthur Miller ~The Crucible,
Baz Luhrmann ~Strictly Ballroom,
William Shakespeare ~ As You Like It
Poetry
Peter, Skrzynecki ~Immigrant Chronicle, ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’, ‘St Patrick’s College’, ‘Ancestors’, ‘10 Mary Street’, ‘Migrant Hostel’, ‘Postcard’, ‘In the Folk Museum’
Steven Herrick ~The Simple Gift
Related Texts
The Widower in the Country
Enter Without So Much as Knocking
Originally
Cobb’s cartoons – State School o. 1812, No Loitering[O1]
High Noon
Radiance
The March of the Penguins
The Ugly Duckling