Students explore the ways in which aspects and concerns of texts from the past have been carried forward, borrowed from and/or appropriated into more recent culture. The module develops students’ understanding of how and why cultural values are maintained and changed.
Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in other contexts and media. Through close study they:
Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the relationships between key texts from the past and texts in more recent culture. These compositions may be realised in various forms and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities, and develop skills in sustained composition.
Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in other contexts and media. Through close study they:
- consider the relationships between the text and its culture
- explore the language of the text and examine the ways in which language shapes and reflects values
- consider the effects of different ways of responding to the text
- consider the ways and reasons the original and later manifestations of the text or aspects of the text are valued.
Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the relationships between key texts from the past and texts in more recent culture. These compositions may be realised in various forms and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities, and develop skills in sustained composition.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
This 1886 novella, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, will be our key text from the past. We will examine the ways in which the text presents Human Duality and the Complex Self, and how these ideas have been appropriated through various manifestations through to the modern day. |
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Introduction To Texts, Culture & Values
We will begin our study of the process of appropriation by investigating the origins of popular Fairy Tales.
Your first task is to research one of the following:
- Snow White
- Cinderella
- Sleeping Beauty
- Little Red Riding Hood
Find out the following information about your chosen Fairy Tale:
- What is the most popular version?
- What is the original story?
- Find at least two appropriations of the text in any form.
Once this is done, examine the following:
- Common elements and major differences between each version.
- Representation of the main character in each version.
- How is each version a product of its own contextual framework?
Your first task is to research one of the following:
- Snow White
- Cinderella
- Sleeping Beauty
- Little Red Riding Hood
Find out the following information about your chosen Fairy Tale:
- What is the most popular version?
- What is the original story?
- Find at least two appropriations of the text in any form.
Once this is done, examine the following:
- Common elements and major differences between each version.
- Representation of the main character in each version.
- How is each version a product of its own contextual framework?
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Resources
Critical ReadingsOn Morality (Good/Evil)
Rosner, Mary. "'A Total Subversion of Character': Dr. Jekyll's Moral Insanity." Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism On Addiction (Body/Mind)
Wright, Daniel L. "'The Prisonhouse of My Disposition': A Study of the Psychology of Addiction in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Short Story Criticism |
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