
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
Contents
- Defining Satire
- Greek and Roman Origins
- Satiric Style and Comic Devices
- Critical Study of Text
- Classical Greek Comedy
- Lysistrata – Aristophanes
- Gulliver’s Travels and A Modest Proposal – Swift
- William Holgarth
- The School for Scandal – Richard Sheridan
- Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
- The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde
- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
- Unknown Citizen – W.H. Auden
- Animal Farm and 1984 – George Orwell
- Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
- Satiric Poetry – Robert Browning
- Satiric Poetry - Bruce Dawe
- Frontline – Working Dog Productions
- Responding to Written Satire
- Advice to Youth – Mark Twain
- Examination Day – Henry Seslar
- Suburban Sonnet – Miriam Stone
- Up the Wall – Bruce Dawe
- Exclusive Pictures – Steve Turner
- Girl Reporter – Philip Hausbaum
- Responding to Visual Satire
- Scenic Drive – R. Cobb
- Political Cartoons
- Composing Skills
Year Level | Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 |
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Date of Publication | 2012 |
ISBN | 9781921586453 |
Subject | English |
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