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This topic from the textbook "Angles" (Gyldendal, 2014) explores the cult of celebrity. A cult is the word for a minor religious community - here a metaphor for the way in which stars are adored by fans and wannabes (i.e. people who would like to be stars). The topic features various text genres and approaches different angles for analysis and discussion.
hjemmeside: https://sites.google.com/boag.nu/engelskb/the-cult-of-celebrity
Begreber: In medias res, narrative mode, tone, characterization, message, genre, language and composition, purpose/intention, type of article, journalist's attitude toward interviewee, target audience (receivers), language and tone, topic focus, title, use of rhetorical questions, medium (sender), circumstances
Læsninger:
1.læsning: Nick Hornby: Juliet, Naked (2009) - novel, extract
2.læsning: Andy Warhol: "Fame" (1975) - non-fiction, extract from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol - text in the style of a personal essay
3.læsning: "Is Facebook Turning Generation Y Into a Bunch of Narcissists?" (2010) - article
4.læsning: "Lord Byrons Life of Bling, Booze, and Groupie Sex" (2008) - article
Songs:
Once a farmer had a dog (B-I-N-G-O)
This Old Man
What should we do with the drunken sailor
If you're happy and you know it
Juliet, naked (fiction)
Juliet, naked (fiction)
Analysis: In medias res, narrative mode, tone, characterization, message
Nick Hornbyt Juliet naked.pdfComprehension
Analysis and interpretation
Exercise: bisætning (subordinate clause) og hovedsætning (main clause). Der startes med en bisætning, og der gives en række synonymer for samme konjunktional.
Fame (article)
Fame (article)
Analysis: genre, language and composition, purpose/intention
andy warhol.pdfComprehension
Analysis
Pictures: Pop art
Pictures: Icons
Exercise: who is famous, and who is infamous a) locally? b) nationally? c)globally?
Vocabulary: find synonyms to "famous" and "infamous"
What is an "icon", and how does being "iconic" differ from being "famous"?
Exercise: find a picture of an icon - but keep it a secret. Let your partner guess who it is, based on your description only.
Is Facebook Turning Generation Y into a bunch of Narcissists? (article)
Is Facebook Turning Generation Y into a bunch of Narcissists? (article)
Analysis: type of article, journalist's attitude toward interviewee, target audience (receivers)
generation y narcissists.pdfComprehension
Analysis
Discussion
Written assignment: Do assignment A+B
A) Write a summary of the article "Is Facebook Turning Generation Y into a Bunch of Narcissists?" in about 125 words.
B) Write an analytical essay (600-900 words) where you discuss the way celebrity affects us in our daily lives. You must base your essay on an analysis of one of the articles we have read in the topic, and you must use references in the form of quotes.
It is ok to draw on knowledge from the other texts, you have read in this topic, or to refer to them in the form of quotes, but your analysis should center on only one article from the topic.
Lord Byrons Life of Bling, Booze, and Groupie Sex
Lord Byrons Life of Bling, Booze, and Groupie Sex
Analysis: language and tone, topic focus, title, use of rhetorical questions, medium (sender), circumstances
Lord Byrons life of bling, booze and groupie sexComprehension
Analysis
Discussion
Observation
Writing
Vocabulary
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