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MODULE B: WAYS OF THINKING - AFTER THE BOMB
Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking
This module requires students to explore and evaluate a selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific, religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and are reflected in literature and other texts. (Refer to the English Stage 6 Syllabus, pp 82–83.)
Extension 1, Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking Elective 1: After the Bomb
In this elective, students explore and evaluate texts that relate to the period from the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki up to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
A climate of Cold War anxiety permeates these texts in a number of ways...
The texts may emerge from, respond to, critique, and shape our understanding of ways of thinking during this period. Many of these texts have a common focus on the personal and political ramifications of this era.
They are often characterised by an intensified questioning of humanity and human beliefs and values.
Experimentation with ideas and form may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during the period.
In this elective, students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts, as well as other related texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing, they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other appropriate texts. Texts can be drawn from a range of times, contexts and media, and should reflect the personal and political concerns of the post-war period.
Prose fiction • Ishiguro, Kazuo, An Artist of the Floating World • Le Carré, John, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Drama • Beckett, Samuel, Waiting for Godot
Poetry • Plath, Sylvia ‘Morning Song’, ‘The Applicant’, ‘Lady Lazarus’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Fever 103°’, ‘The Arrival of the Bee Box’, ‘Words’ Film • Clooney, George, Good Night, and Good Luck.
POWERPOINT
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MODERN & POSTMODERN ERA
LIFE AFTER THE BOMB
Censorship of Dropping the Atomic Bomb Hiroshima
George Orwell essay - You and the Atomic Bomb
Duck and Cover
Atomic Alert
Let's Face it!
Bomb Shelters
Anti-Communist Propaganda
When Marvel Comics was Anti-Communist
Comic book Superheroes unmasked
Cold War Propaganda Communism Vs Capitalism
RELATED TEXTS
Top Ten Cold War Books
After the Bomb Cold War Films
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Dr Strangelove trailer
Almost Everything in Dr Strangelove was True
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
"What do you think spies are: priests, saints, martyrs? They're a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors, too, yes; pansies, sadists and drunkards, people who play cowboys and Indians to brighten their rotten lives."
John Le Carre website
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold review
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold study guide
Rereading Spy 50 years on Review
Le Carre on Spy 50 years later
Spy Quiz
Waiting for... Godot.
Full Play
Lecture - Nick Mounts
Ian McKellan interview
Related texts?
Bridge of Spies Trailer
Trumbo trailer
Question resources
Creative Writing BOSTES SAMPLES
2015 HSC paper Samples
2015 HSC Paper
2015 Trial Questions...
Question 7 - Elective 1: After the Bomb (25 marks)
The art of words and images has the power to evoke questioning and resistance. Evaluate this statement with reference to TWO prescribed texts and at least TWO texts of your own choosing.
Question 8 - Elective 1: After the Bomb (25 marks)
Using the art of words and images, compose an imaginative text that reveals the consequence of questioning and resistance.