Hi! I am currently in year 11 and would like to start exploring choices for my related text for 2020 HSC English Advanced. I am wondering if you have any recommendations?? I am open to any type of text - novel, movie, etc. Our topic is Texts and Human Experiences.
My given texts are Bright Star - Roadshow 2009 (film), Emma by Jane Austen (novel) and Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare.
Here are some questions we would be answering...
• Identify the human experience being represented: is it individual or collective?
• Which human qualities and emotions are depicted? Select the most salient and provide an example. How is it represented through language forms and features?
• How does this text give insight into the anomalies/paradoxes/inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations? Select the most salient and provide an example. How is it represented through language forms and features?
• How does the text allow you to ‘draw from personal experience to make connections between themselves, the world of the text and the wider world’
• Does it invite you to see the world differently? Challenge your assumptions? Ignite new ideas? Reflect personally?
Some texts I already have in mind, which is relevant to Merchant of Venice are Jasper Jones, The Pianist and Araby.
Thanks!!