1. POSSIBLE SEMINAR TOPICS
3.8 Research
Teach us about your critical theory and how it can be applied to a text. You’ll be surprised at how fascinated we will find it. Nearly everybody chose a different text to analyse so it will be new to the class.
Beyond the text
The Lives of Others
- ‘The lives of Others’ through a feminist critical lens
- Is ‘The lives of Others’ a historically believable story? Why/Why not?
The problems of a ‘surveillance state’ and how we live in one today.
Music as a technique in ‘The Lives of Others’.
Mister Pip
- The key features of a post-colonial text.
- Sustainability in Bougainville/ the Pacific
- Poverty in Bougainville/the Pacific as a result of colonisation
- A feminist reading of ‘Great Expectations’.
Katherine Mansfield
Was Katherine Mansfield a true feminist?
The importance of symbolism in Mansfield’s writing
A Freudian analysis of Katherine Mansfield’s stories and/or herself.

2. Or, teach us about something that YOU are interested in and passionate about.
Sport
Music
Art
Culture
Film/media
Science
Society
Perhaps you have presented or researched something in another subject this year that you would like to use for this assessment.

3. HOMEWORK
Think about something you are very good at or know a lot about that you could teach a small group of your classmates.
Prepare a 2-3 minute lesson for Friday Period 1.
What’s most important, is the techniques you use to present information or teach your skill.
Think about questions you may ask,
How you will record these answers
Whether you will use any visual aids.