Students considered the purpose of the 'supernatural' elements of Dickens's A Christmas Carol and the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. The 'supernatural' nature of these two texts was compared with the use of the 'supernatural' in Frankenstein and Faustus. Students were asked to consider how the supernatural elements of each text is used to shape key ideas. Class discussion also considered the extent to which these texts could be considered 'gothic'.
The second phase of the lesson considered Marlowe's Faustus and the 'Pope Slapping' scene. Discussion considered the purpose of this scene and how Marlowe uses comedy within this play.
HOMEWORK: Next week's lesson will be a series of Anthology tutorials. When we meet for our next conventional session, students need to be familiar with the final third of Shelley's novel and Scenes 7 to 11 of Faustus.
No comments:
Post a Comment