Sumários
Discussion of three texts related to Remembrance Sunday/Poppy Day.
9 Novembro 2016, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: a student's oral presentation. Discussion of the poem "Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen and of the Guardian articles "Wearing a poppy is only meaningful if it's voluntary" and "Fifa's poppy ban: the latest remembrance outrage". HOMEWORK: Please check your email inbox for instructions concerning a group discussion to be held on Monday 14th November.
Textual Analysis
7 Novembro 2016, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of two passages about the Press and its leeway. One, The Unloveable Press, about how some people feel it is necessary to allow newspapers to publish "scandal" stories about celebrities and politicians in order to make money so they can publish more serious news (public interest vs what the public is interested in), and an article from last Sunday's Mail on Sunday about how a rich gentleman is preventing his name being published in relation to possible charges of fraud through a "superinjunction" that probably cost him £80,000 in legal fees (buying of the right to privacy). Issues to be considered in the forthcoming tests.
Blackadder Goes Forth: Watching the episode "Goodbyee".
7 Novembro 2016, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: a student's oral presentation. Watching and discussing the episode "Goodbyee" from the TV show Blackadder Goes Forth. HOMEWORK: Please read the poem "Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen and the Guardian articles "Wearing a poppy is only meaningful if it's voluntary" and "Fifa's poppy ban: the latest remembrance outrage" as the three texts will be discussed on Wednesday's class.
Continuation of Censorship Discussion
2 Novembro 2016, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of the cases in the Supreme Court of the USA and the several obscenity cases in the UK leading to the suppression of works of fiction. Explanation of intention behind the preface to Myron by Gore Vidal and demonstration of the dilemma facing BBC producers over the recent polemic involving the fictional TV series Poldark, based on a set of novels, in which an episode shows a sex scene which for many people is one of rape, although for others is not.