COD 2021 - D458
Webinar - Purple Hibiscus: IGCSE 2022-2024
IGCSE level Literature teachers and Literature teachers in general
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sesiones, inicia: 13-Oct
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Ficha del curso
Ciclo: 2021
Nivel: A Distancia
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: A Distancia
Capacitador/es: Mr. Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
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Sesiones
Sesiones | Fechas | Inicia | Termina |
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1 | 13 Octubre 2021 | 05:30 pm | 07:00 pm |
Capacitador/es
Leonardo Andrés Pantaleo
IGCSE level Literature teachers and Literature teachers in general
- To introduce the context of production and the relation of the novel with other texts: Things
Fall Apart, Nervous Conditions and Half of a Yellow Sun.
- To provide IG literature teachers with useful tools for the analysis of the novel marked by
(pos)colonialism and feminism.
- To discuss possible ways of facilitating students' reading and interpretations of the text.
- To share ways of approaching the text in class with engaging activities.
- To reflect upon the importance of cultural awareness.
Fall Apart, Nervous Conditions and Half of a Yellow Sun.
- To provide IG literature teachers with useful tools for the analysis of the novel marked by
(pos)colonialism and feminism.
- To discuss possible ways of facilitating students' reading and interpretations of the text.
- To share ways of approaching the text in class with engaging activities.
- To reflect upon the importance of cultural awareness.
- Political unrest and ethnic tension in the novel.
- The role of Catholicism and its imagery.
- African Women’s fight for emancipation: A struggle shared by characters and female
writers.
- “Body writing”: violence in the private domestic sphere and the public postcolonial state.
- Symbolism in the novel: Palm, Figurines and Hibiscus.
- Intertextual connections: Adichie’s first novel and her place in African literature.
- The role of Catholicism and its imagery.
- African Women’s fight for emancipation: A struggle shared by characters and female
writers.
- “Body writing”: violence in the private domestic sphere and the public postcolonial state.
- Symbolism in the novel: Palm, Figurines and Hibiscus.
- Intertextual connections: Adichie’s first novel and her place in African literature.
- Presentation and discussion of how to deal with the novel's issues.
- Participants will be presented with material to arouse students' interest and to facilitate their
understanding of the novel.
- Discussion of possible ways to enhance students’ production for IG Literature
examinations.
- Participants will be presented with material to arouse students' interest and to facilitate their
understanding of the novel.
- Discussion of possible ways to enhance students’ production for IG Literature
examinations.
- IG syllabus and material available on www.cie.org.uk
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple Hibiscus. Harper-Collins E-books. Fourth State,
London.
- Corneliussen, Eva. Breaking the Silence: The influence of Class, Culture and Colonisation
on African Women’s Fight for Emancipation and Equality in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous
Conditions and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Master’s Thesis in English
Literature. Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, University of Tromsø,
2012.
- Kaboré, André. The Symbolic Use of Palm, Figurines and Hibiscus in Adichie’s Purple
Hibiscus. Horizon Research Publishing. Linguistics and Literature Studies 1(1): 32-36, 2013
http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/lls.2013.010105
- Peters, Audrey. Issues of Personal and National Identity in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. The
Allan Review, 2012. Volume 40, number 1.
- Sandwith, Corinne. Frailties of the Flesh: Observing the Body in Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Indiana University Press. Research in African Literatures
Vol. 47, No. 1, 2016, pp. 95-108
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple Hibiscus. Harper-Collins E-books. Fourth State,
London.
- Corneliussen, Eva. Breaking the Silence: The influence of Class, Culture and Colonisation
on African Women’s Fight for Emancipation and Equality in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous
Conditions and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Master’s Thesis in English
Literature. Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, University of Tromsø,
2012.
- Kaboré, André. The Symbolic Use of Palm, Figurines and Hibiscus in Adichie’s Purple
Hibiscus. Horizon Research Publishing. Linguistics and Literature Studies 1(1): 32-36, 2013
http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/lls.2013.010105
- Peters, Audrey. Issues of Personal and National Identity in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. The
Allan Review, 2012. Volume 40, number 1.
- Sandwith, Corinne. Frailties of the Flesh: Observing the Body in Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Indiana University Press. Research in African Literatures
Vol. 47, No. 1, 2016, pp. 95-108