MYP2 07-02-22

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Good Morning

Agenda

1. Homework

2. Virginia Woolf

3. Do men and women write differently

4. Imaginative Fiction

5. Homework ?

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Work on the following activity and read the following extract

Activity

Extract

What connection between Austen/the Brontës/Eliot does Virginia explore?

Why do these female authors all write novels?

What explanation is given for the fact that these women were good at writing characters&relationships?

How different would their work have been, if they would have had their own
writing room?

What is the final point Virginia Woolf makes about the novels?

Do men and women write differently?

Please read the following text:

Why are certain literary genres dominated by male writers?

Activity

Please work on the following activity:

Imaginative fiction

Article

What point is made about the origin of the genre?

What point is made about in the article about perspective?

What challenges do female writers of the genre face?

Have you read any science fiction or fantasy novels? Which one(s)?

Are these written by men or women? Does this matter? Why?

Activity: Read, Write and Share

Link to Activity Answer questions 1, 2 and 3

Link to genre conventions Text & Video

Link to the extracts: Text 1, Text 2, Text 3

Homework 

Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 of the ACTIVITY: 

"Can women write imaginative fiction?"