In deze les zitten 21 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 1 video.
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How far along in NLMG are you? Honestly?
Haven't started
Somewhere in part I
Somewhere in part II
Somewhere in part 3
Finished!
Slide 1 - Poll
Slide 2 - Video
What are euphemisms?
Slide 3 - Open vraag
Euphemism
Slide 4 - Tekstslide
to be fat
Slide 5 - Woordweb
to be pregnant
Slide 6 - Woordweb
to be fired
Slide 7 - Woordweb
to be fired
Slide 8 - Woordweb
to die
Slide 9 - Woordweb
https:
Slide 10 - Link
Language = culture
Euphemisms are an example of how language shapes culture, and how culture shapes language.
Slide 11 - Tekstslide
Who do you think use more euphemisms in their daily language?
Slide 12 - Poll
Now that's cool and all, but why does it matter in this context?
Slide 13 - Tekstslide
Euphemisms in Never Let Me Go
Slide 14 - Woordweb
A couple of euphemisms in NLMG
Completion
Guardians
Donation
Cottages
Possible
Slide 15 - Tekstslide
*and remember all the technology names in The Circle?
TruYou
Zing
SeeChange
TruYouth
Partirank
etc.
Slide 16 - Tekstslide
What is the role of euphemisms in Never Let Me Go?
Slide 17 - Tekstslide
Role of euphemisms in Never Let Me Go
to show the complexity of the characters' internal state: resignation, denial, acceptance;
worldbuilding: to create a convincing fictional world in which certain terms are commonly used for things we don't associate them with (the creation of new euphemisms). This is very common in dystopian lit.
Slide 18 - Tekstslide
Remember the trailer we started with? What was the most prominent euphemism there?
Would you argue that the idea of the euphemism fits the tone of that movie? Why (not)?
Slide 19 - Tekstslide
What have you learned today? Summarize in one full, sophisticated sentence.