Looking at Module A responses recently, I have noticed something strange: students understand the context of Frankenstein, they have a handle on Romanticism, the Enlightement and the effects of Industrialisation; however, they don’t get the context for Blade Runner. There are some vague references to globalisation and capitalism but no real evidence of the values [...]
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Blade Runner: Contextual Notes
Posted in HSC English, tagged Blade Runner, Comparative Study, context, film, Frankenstein, HSC, Mary Shelley, Module A, Ridley Scott, science fiction, texts in time on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Theseus and the Hunger Games
Posted in HSC English, tagged appropriation, Greek mythology, Hunger Games, Odyssey, Preliminary, science fiction, Suzanne Collins on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many schools approach the Preliminary English Extension course in the same way: first, they select a “classic” text (anything from The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s Odyssey to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or a play by Shakespeare); then they introduce students to the idea of “appropriation” or “adaptation” by exploring texts that are [...]
Disability and the Possibilities of the Human
Posted in HSC English, tagged Aimee Mullins, Blade Runner, Dan Simmons, Endymion, Frankenstein, HSC, Hyperion, John Keats, Literature, Mary Shelley, Module A, reading, Ridley Scott, science fiction, ted on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What does it mean to be human? This is the central question of the comparative study of Frankenstein and Blade Runner in the HSC. Other questions result. How far can we extend our concept of humanity? How inclusive can we be? Will artificial life ever be accepted into the human family? Take a step back. [...]
