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Australia
LEVELS:
Year 9 / Year 10
SUBJECT AREA:
English
ISBN:
9781107608719
PUBLICATION DATE:
25/06/2013
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Using student-friendly language and an engaging thematic approach to bring the canon to life, Canon Reloaded invites students to think about what we mean by the literary canon, why it is created and how it might be challenged. Canon Reloaded:
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Foreword About the author Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction What is the canon? What is literature? Quality control The classic Canon clues Summing up Words, words, words Read and view more Final words Chapter 2 Journeys Paired texts: extracts from The Odyssey The pilgrimage Journeys out to sea Journeys through life Focus on : the gothic–journeys of the mind Your writing Extension: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Words, words, words Read and view more Final words Chapter 3 Affairs of the Heart Paired texts: star-crossed lovers Affairs of the heart in poetry Affairs of the heart in prose Focus on: the Sonnet Your writing Extension: ‘The Sun Rising’ by John Donne Words, words, words Read and view more Final words Chapter 4 Grave Matters Paired texts: death in war Grave matters in poetry Grave matters in prose Focus on: dialogue, monologues, the soliloquy (and the aside) Your writing Extension: ‘Death be Not Proud’ (Holy Sonnet 10) by John Donne Words, words, words Read and view more Final words Chapter 5 Landscapes Paired texts: seasonal landscapes Wild and wonderful landscapes Focus on: romantic poetry Your writing Extension: the pastoral Words, words, words Read and view more Final words Chapter 6 Cityscapes Paired texts: London More London cityscapes Focus on: Modernism Your writing Extension: ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot Words, words, words Read and view more Final words We want to give you the opportunity to view sample pages of our titles so it's easier for you to make decisions. An innovative and contemporary student text that revitalises the study of the literary canon for middle secondary students. Using student-friendly language and an engaging thematic approach to bring the canon to life, Canon Reloaded invites students to think about what we mean by the literary canon, why it is created and how it might be challenged. Students will encounter and respond to literary classics alongside contemporary texts and texts in translation, as they explore how themes such as journeys, love, death and the world we live in recur across a variety of historical moments and literary movements. ALL TITLES IN SERIES:
Joint winner of the Australian Publishers Association's Education Publishing Awards (Student resource - Junior category). Canon: Awarded joint winner Student Resource – Junior at the Educational Publishing Awards in 2014. |
