Module A: Textual Conversations Practice Questions
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All texts“Any text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another.” (Julia Kristeva) To what extent is intertextuality central to understanding the intentional connections between texts? Make close reference to your pair of prescribed texts in Module A: Textual Conversations.
Both speakers must gain something out of a conversation for it to be a memorable one. How has the relationship between two texts enhanced your understanding of their key values? Refer to your prescribed texts in Module A: Textual Conversations.
At the heart of intertextuality is communication. In light of your study in Module A: Textual Conversations, to what extent do texts communicate from, with and to each other?
Appropriation is not about borrowing, but about recontextualising. To what extent has an understanding of context assisted you in viewing the resonances and dissonances between a pair of texts? Refer to the prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
How have the differences in form shaped the relationship between two texts? Make detailed reference to the prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
"One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever." (Linda Lambert) To what extent do texts communicate significant ideas with one another to highlight their universality over time? Make detailed reference to the pair of prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
“Our language is a reflection of ourselves.” (Cesar Chavez) Evaluate the importance of personal experiences to the intertextual connections between two texts. Refer to the pair of prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
Assess how the genre conventions of one text have influenced another. Refer to a pair of prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
How important is a composer’s purpose to understanding intertextual connections? Make detailed reference to the prescribed texts you have studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue." (Truman Capote) How have your pair of prescribed texts in Module A: Textual Conversations engaged in a discussion about ongoing values?
Text-Specific QuestionsJohn Keats/Bright StarEvaluate how significant common perspectives are to understanding the textual conversation between John Keats and Jane Campion. In your response, you must refer to at least two poems and
Bright Star.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Anais Nin) How has your appreciation of John Keats’ poetry been influenced by Jane Campion’s
Bright Star?
“Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe”- John Keats, Ode to a Grecian Urn
To what extent does continuity inform the textual conversation between John Keats and Jane Campion? Make close reference to the provided extract and your pair of prescribed texts.
Sylvia Plath/Ted HughesEvaluate how significant competing perspectives are to understanding the textual conversation between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In your response, you must refer to at least two poems from Ariel and Birthday Letters.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Anais Nin) How has your appreciation of Sylvia Plath’s
Ariel been influenced by Ted Hughes’
Birthday Letters?
“What I really thought was: 'Stop crying wolf.'
Other thoughts, chilly, familiar thoughts,
Came across the tightrope: 'Stop crying wolf,
Or else I shall not know, I shall not hear
When things get really bad.”- Ted Hughes, Fever
To what extent does truth inform the textual conversation between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes? Make close reference to the provided extract and your pair of prescribed texts.
The Tempest/Hag-SeedEvaluate how significant common perspectives are to understanding the textual conversation between William Shakespeare’s
The Tempest and Margaret Atwood’s
Hag-Seed.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Anais Nin) How has your appreciation of William Shakespeare’s
The Tempest been influenced by Margaret Atwood’s
Hag-Seed?
“What he couldn't have in life he might still catch sight of through his art: just a glimpse, from the corner of his eye.”- Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
To what extent does legacy inform the textual conversation between William Shakespeare and Margaret Atwood? Make close reference to the provided extract and your pair of prescribed texts.
Mrs Dalloway/The HoursEvaluate how significant varying perspectives are to understanding the textual conversation between Virginia Woolf’s
Mrs Dalloway and Stephen Daldry’s
The Hours.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Anais Nin) How has your appreciation of Virginia Woolf’s
Mrs Dalloway been influenced by Stephen Daldry’s
The Hours?
“She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.”- Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
To what extent does struggle inform the textual conversation between Virginia Woolf and Stephen Daldry? Make close reference to the provided extract and your pair of prescribed texts.
Richard III/Looking for RichardEvaluate how significant shared perspectives are to understanding the textual conversation between William Shakespeare’s
Richard III and Al Pacino’s
Looking for Richard.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Anais Nin) How has your appreciation of William Shakespeare’s
Richard III been influenced by Al Pacino’s
Looking for Richard?
“Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days;
Compare dead happiness with living woe;
Think that thy babes were sweeter than they were,
And he that slew them fouler than he is.
Bett’ring thy loss makes the bad causer worse.
Revolving this will teach thee how to curse.”- William Shakespeare, Richard III
To what extent does power inform the textual conversation between William Shakespeare and Al Pacino? Make close reference to the provided extract and your pair of prescribed texts.