This assignment sheet is 3 pages and contains eight (8) questions in total.
Please answer four (4) of these questions.
Clearly indicate which question you are answering.
TEXTS FROM UNITS 4,5,6 :
DRACULA
FRANKENSTEIN
JANE EYRE
THE WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Number your pages and double-space your answers.
****You may not use the same film or text more than twice*** so think carefully about your answers and examples.
QUESTIONS:
1) Explain the concept ‘’the return of the repressed’ and discuss with reference ONE of the following texts:
Dracula, Jane Eyre, The Wide Sargasso Sea, People Under the Stairs, The Walking Dead, Rebecca
2) Dracula expressed many of the deep fears and anxieties circulating within the British Empire in the 19th Century Identify two (2) of those fears, and describe how they are manifested in the novel.
3) How are gender and race interrelated either in Jane Eyre OR The Wide Sargasso Sea?
4) Explain the relation of patriarchy OR race OR social class to colonialism as forms of social control. Use examples from TWO (2) of the texts below
Dracula, Jane Eyre The Wide Sargasso Sea, Frankenstein, The People Under the Stairs, The Hunger Games, Antigone, Wicked
5) The social class struggles of a particular age greatly influence the cultural texts of the same age. Drawing on two different texts that we have examined in Units 4, 5 and 6 show how they have been shaped by the class issues of their time.
6) Monsters and the “monstrous other” have been discussed in Units 4, 5 and 6. Compare two ‘monsters’ we have studied from two of the following texts.
Dracula, the Wide Sargasso Sea, Frankenstein, The People Under the Stairs, The Walking Dead, Rebecca
7) Describe the Byronic hero and give two examples from ANY of the units we have studied. Support your statement (e.g. why the character you have chosen is a Byronic hero).
8) Independence of thought and action, leadership skills, disregard for social conventions, and subversive resistance to patriarchal control, are the hallmarks of a feminist heroine, rather than a traditional female protagonist.
Discuss this statement in relation to ONE (1) of the characters listed below, providing examples from the one you choose.
· Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre
· Mina from Dracula
· The second Mrs. De Winter in Rebecca
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INSTRUCTIONS
(Read
Carefully)
This
assignment
sheet
is
3
pages
and
contains
eight
(8)
questions
in
total.
Please
answer
four
(4)
of
these
questions.
Clearly
indicate
which
question
you
are
answering.
Your
answers
should
be
no
less
than
100
words
and
no
more
than
250
words
for
each
question.
You
should
provide
examples
from
the
texts
you
are
discussing,
to
illustrate
and
support
your
points.
Your
responses
should
not
just
include
information
from
the
lectures,
but,
most
importantly,
they
must
show
evidence
of
your
own
analysis.
MUST
ALSO
CONTAIN
REFERENCE
TO
TEXTS
FROM
EACH
OF
UNITS
4,
5
AND
6.
TEXTS
FROM
UNITS
4,5,6
:
DRACULA
FRANKENSTEIN
JANE
EYRE
THE
WIDE
SARGASSO
SEA
Number
your
pages
and
double-space
your
answers.
****You
may
not
use
the
same
film
or
text
more
than
twice***
so
think
carefully
about
your
answers
and
examples.
QUESTIONS
:
1)
Explain
the
concept
‘’
the
return
of
the
repressed
’
and
discuss
with
reference
ONE
of
the
following
texts:
Dracula,
Jane
Eyre,
The
Wide
Sargasso
Sea,
People
Under
the
Stairs,
The
Walking
Dead,
Rebecca
2)
Dracula
expressed
many
of
the
deep
fears
and
anxieties
circulating
within
the
British
Empire
in
the
19
th
Century
Identify
two
(2)
of
those
fears,
and
describe
how
they
are
manifested
in
the
novel.
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