Unseen Social and Political Protest Poetry Flashcards
Elements of political and social protest writing:
What are the key elements of political and social protest writing
-unfairness of the law isolationism
-ruling class
- powerlessness
-patriarchy
- position of women
-contrasting idealised worlds
-authority figures courage of individuals unquestioning
-group mentality deception
-freedom
-power of the state power of the spoken word
-secrecy
-suppression
-challenge to authority
-settings: dystopian, historical
-resistance
-control
-intimidation
-ambiguous endings
-protest
- radical voices of narrators/ authors
-power
social class
voicelessness
-of the church
-power of the media
-power of the written word
-including social media
-peer pressure
-cruelty
-corruption
-mobs manipulation bullying
-punishment
Exam tips:
What are some key tips for social and political protest writing e.g. reading the extract
Students should spend time carefully reading the extract and having a clear understanding of the narrative and characters. Those students who achieve highest grades do so by reading the passage carefully and having a clear sense of the narrative (story) and power dynamics
Exam tips:
What are some key tips for social and political protest writing e.g. their responses
They opened their responses with an overview of the passage linked to the elements of the genre that is relevant
Exam tips:
What are some key tips for social and political protest writing e.g. literary terms
They use literary terms with precision rather than just labelling words
Exam tips:
What are some key tips for social and political protest writing e.g. hidden messages
They are able to understand the subtleties and ambiguities within the writing (look for hidden messages)
Exam tips:
What are some key tips for social and political protest writing e.g. 3-4 key ideas
Examine 3 or 4 key ideas in depth- score higher than those who comment on many things but don’t have much depth in them
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. date
this will help you know what period you are dealing with and the political and social issues you already know
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. title
this should indicate certain issues relating to politics such as power, protest
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. author
the gender of the author could help in discussing gender issues relating to political ideology
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. narrative information
often at what point in the narrative the extracts comes (early etc) will be outlined, helping with discussions about narrative (story) structure
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. character information
the roles, titles and gender of the characters may be tole which will give impressions about power and hierarchy
Contextualising paragraph:
What help can the contextualising paragraph give e.g. Likely outcomes
sometimes, what will happen is told to us, indicating the result of the protest, rebellion or dominance.
