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Choosing the right related text!
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: marynguyen18 on July 24, 2016, 10:05:50 pm ---What would be a good ORT for The Tempest for AOS other than Heart of Darkness by Conrad? And what would be a good related text for Wag The Dog for Mod C?
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Hey there!
Have a look here for Mod C, to see what related texts people have used. I used Distant Lands for People and Landscapes, its a short story written by Tim Winton.
As for the AOS - a bunch of people study The Tempest, so you might get a few ideas from looking at the essay making thread over here! If it's any help...my ORT for AOS was also Tim Winton's short story, Distant Lands.
:)
kmorritt:
Hi, im just confused when the teachers say it needs to be a good related text, what do they mean? Is it ok if we choose a movie that was made recently?
sudodds:
--- Quote from: marynguyen18 on July 24, 2016, 10:05:50 pm ---What would be a good ORT for The Tempest for AOS other than Heart of Darkness by Conrad? And what would be a good related text for Wag The Dog for Mod C?
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Hey! I am doing both the Tempest and Wag the Dog as well! If you are still looking for related texts I would strongly recommend The Perks of Being a Wallflower for discovery, and Candide by Voltaire for Module C (Though it could probably work really well for discovery also). They all worked really well for me, my discovery essay getting 18/20, and my Wag the Dog 20/20.
Here are some of the ways you can link Perks of Being a Wallflower to the Tempest (though these are only a few)
Theme of forgiveness
Theme of the discovery of a new world
Them of the discovery of secrets
Key techniques: Style (REALLY IMPORTANT), Allusions to other texts that centre around discovery, and Irony.
Here are some ways to link Candide to Wag the Dog:
USE OF SATIRE
Theme of the Manipulation, utilisation and commodification of symbols and ideas
Theme of the manipulation of a naive population by a minority group
Key techniques use: Satire (obviously), Irony and Metaphor (Candide the character is a metaphor for society during the Enlightenment).
Hope this helped!
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skysailingaway:
Heyy!
I'm doing 'spirited away' as my related text for 'The Tempest' in my AOS.
Is this a good match?
Do you think it will work, would i need to retell a bit of the plot in the paragraphs?
-how would i approach this?
Plus, i'm thinking of doing 'Guernica' by pablo picasso, for Mod C
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: kmorritt on July 28, 2016, 01:32:50 pm ---Hi, im just confused when the teachers say it needs to be a good related text, what do they mean? Is it ok if we choose a movie that was made recently?
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Sudodds ideas for a related are awesome, massively support them ;D
A 'good related text,' in my opinion, has the following characteristics:
- An abundance of literary/filmic techniques
- A clear conceptual focus, or more than one
- The text has been composed for a more meaningful reason than "to entertain," that is, it's not a mega mainstream movie that was made to make money. It should have had some greater message. Some mainstream movies do this decently well, but often the super mainstream stuff (Transformers, Fast and Furious, etc) just aren't conceptually rich enough. For that reason, they should be just a little bit "indie", if that's the right word (honestly no idea lol) ;)
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