COD 2017 - S579

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (1955) for IGCSE 2017/2018

IGCSE Literature teachers and Literature readers

1 sesiones, inicia: 31-Mar

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Ciclo: 2017
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Martha Patricia De Cunto
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Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 31 Marzo 2017 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Martha Patricia De Cunto

She holds a Master of Arts in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham, UK and is currently doing a PhD in Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. She is also pursuing a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies at UNR. She has been a lecturer in American Literature, Children's Literature, YAL Literature and Introduction to Literary Studies at I.E.S. Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández". She has also taught Creative Writing at ISP “Joaquín V. González”. She has been a teacher of Language and Literature in several schools in Buenos Aires for more than 30 years.
IGCSE Literature teachers and Literature readers
- Become acquainted with the historical background of the play.
- Discuss main themes and the use of rhetorical and theatrical devices for the creation of meaning.
- Explore key passages through close reading.
- Explore different activities for the classroom.
The following topics will be dealt with in this short seminar:

1) Characters and characterization, symbols, biblical references, pragmatic elements.
2) The use of pathos, ethos and logos in the main speeches.
3) Historical vs. fictional facts.
4) Importance of the context of production of the play: McCarthyism.
5) Tensions and main themes in the play: Science vs. Religion, Literal vs. Literary interpretation of the Scriptures, Creationism vs. Evolutionism, Importance of Free Thought, the North and the South of the US, the Country and the City, Fundamentalism, Populism
6) Elements of Greek tragedy in the play.
The facilitator will present the topics. Participants will be required to work on extracts to explore key moments in the novel and discuss how meaning is produced through close analysis of language. Participants will also work on classroom activities that can be replicated with their own students. Debates will be carried out to facilitate understanding of the different parts of the play
- Darwin, Charles, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (London: John Murray, 1859).
- Fried, Albert, “McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare.” PBS Documentary. (Oxford University Press, 1996).
- Larson, Edward J., Summer for the Gods: The Scopes’ Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion (Cambridge, Massachusetts: First Harvard University Press, 1997).
- Lawrence, J. and R. E. Lee, Inherit the Wind (New York, New York: Bantam, 1969). (1st ed. 1955).
- McGowen, Tom, The Great Monkey Trial: Science Versus Fundamentalism in America (New York: Franklin Watts, 1990).
- Olasky, Marviny and Perry, John, Monkey Business: the true story of the Scopes’ Trial (Nashville: Broadman & Holmes Publishers, 2005).
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