The session considered issues relating to THE GREAT GATSBY. The class were encouraged to consider the question:
TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS NOVEL A TRADITIONAL LOVE STORY?
Class discussion was good and we need to ensure that this sense of critical clarity appears within written work. Students were encouraged to consider Fitzgerald's aims and how he uses character as symbol to shape key ideas. Students were encouraged to digest the resources below to develop their own readings of the play and develop an awareness of the possible readings of the play. The Channel Four News interview with film director Baz Luhrmann is essential viewing.
Di Caprio on Gatsby: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22338888
The Guardian discusses Gatsby: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/30/great-gatsby-movie-fashion-wealth
More Di Caprio on Gatsby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxxrehVI0Lk
Channel Four News Baz Luhrmann interview [ watch this]:
http://www.channel4.com/news/baz-luhrmann-the-great-gatsby-film-director
Irritating bloke interviews Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, Tom and Myrtle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ2woqCbB20
HOMEWORK: Attempt the Love Story essay. Remember, next week will be a marathon session. Bring your TGG/TROTAM. We will be discussing the key areas of each text and how to shape a decent response that directly confronts the requirements of the assessment objectives. Students are beginning to offer me essays that they have attempted as extra homework. ALL students should be attempting past exam questions. Send any work to my e-mail and it will be marked before Thursday.
LOTS TO DO.
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