
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:
- background information
- information about text and context
- ideas on genre conventions, representation of themes, characters, style
- suggestions and strategies for dealing with the texts
- 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
- response tasks
Exploring Genre: Horror is an invaluable resource with in depth analysis and student exercises to help students analyse, question, interpret and articulate their understanding of the text.
Contents
Genre
- Defining Horror
- Defining Genre
- Gothic Horror
- Typical Gothic Conventions and Motifs
Monsters, Vampires and Aliens
- Beowulf-epic poem
- Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
- Dracula - Bram Stoker
- Salem’s Lot ( extract) - Stephen King
- The War of the Worlds (Radio Play)
- Howard Koch
- The War of the Worlds (novel extracts)
- H.G.Wells
Supernatural, Surreal and Macabre
- Porphyria’s lover - Browning
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Coleridge
- Strange Fits of Passion –Wordsworth
- The Red Room - H.G.Wells
- The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart &
- The Raven - Poe
- Chronic Ward - Skrzynecki
- Thriller - Michael Jackson
- They call me the Wild Rose - Minogue & Cabe
Film Horror
- Film Genre
- Nosferatu – Murnau
- The Mummy
- Pyscho & The Birds – Hitchcock
- Appropriations- Dracula & Buffy
- Film Glossary
- Writing Horror
Year Level | Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 |
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Date of Publication | 2007 |
ISBN | 9781921085420 |
Subject | English |