IB2 TODAY HW check ;) – forgot to do it yesterday Brief check in on the progression of your self-directed project Continue work… will you be ready for a Paper 2 activity tomorrow?

MOTIFS AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

IB TOPICS OF INTEREST Chaos and Communities Language and Power Marginalized Social Groups Language and Communities Language and Taboo

IB TOPICS OF INTEREST Impact of publication Political Pressure and Censorship Role of individual and family in society Impact of prevailing values and beliefs Rhetoric: satire, protest, and polemic

DISCUSSION – CONTEXT MEETS TEXT Impact and implications of narrative technique (e.g. satirical drama vs stream of conscious novella/short fiction) Characterization (e.g. authorial characters, gender, etc.) Elements of style and structure (e.g. Kafkaesque, melodrama) Use of poetic language

CONTEXT -- AUDIENCE There can be very different readings of the same text. The context of reception, including the individual reader, influences the way a text is read. Different values may be in contention with a text.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED? To what extent are authors obliged to reveal the truth? To what extent are authors obliged to prompt social change? To what extent are authors obliged to document history?

HAVE YOU ALSO CONSIDERED? Translation and intended audience – language translation: German to English, adaptation play to screen or stage transfer London to New York Identity and Paradoxes – one article introduces the concept with Kafka, but can you reflect similarly on identity, paradoxes, and Wilde?

AND WHAT ABOUT…? To what extent is there contrast or similarities between the views of the authors and the views of the people s/he is writing about? Some authors are read as much for their writing style as for what they are telling us. How is language used (and to what purpose) with both Wilde and Kafka?