Very Important for people doing King Lear (1 Viewer)

[senso]

Yopu are allowed to say 'I' now. It changed just a few years ago apparently (from all my english teachers telling me).
You won't get penalised for it.
And my teachers also said that you won't actually get penalised for using a guide either. You may not get the top marks, but they should give you credit for attempting to memorise something because of the way english is and some people can't interpret as well as others.

 

[cj_bridle]

i think what that article was also getting at was that some people were specifically constricting their views of lear to one perspective and ultimately one critical theory (ie. ONLY marxist, ONLY feminist) which was getting penalised.

 

[green_appletini]

I think the article sounds like it's saying that some people tend to just ramble on about feminist readings/marxist readings etc. without actually giving good evidence and examples from the texts so that they talk about king lear, then randomly talk about the readings without really linking them.

With the personal engagement thing, you don't necessary have to use "I" (obviously u will in an interview cos it's convenient, but in an essay i mean). My teacher said that it's easy to fall into the trap of only presenting your opinions without good backup when you use "I" as it's easy to get carried away. With the personal understanding thing, i think it's good to just relate it back to the critical readings and say how the productions show that there is no one way to view a text etc (the whole syllabus thingo).

sorry bout the ramble

-marilia- xoxo

 

[Supra]

nah ur rite, and u sort of critique the interpretations urslef, ur fully having a go at engaging with the text taht way, i called advice line about this

 

[Happeninchick]

I think the article sounds like it's saying that some people tend to just ramble on about feminist readings/marxist readings etc. without actually giving good evidence and examples from the texts so that they talk about king lear, then randomly talk about the readings without really linking them.

With the personal engagement thing, you don't necessary have to use "I" (obviously u will in an interview cos it's convenient, but in an essay i mean). My teacher said that it's easy to fall into the trap of only presenting your opinions without good backup when you use "I" as it's easy to get carried away. With the personal understanding thing, i think it's good to just relate it back to the critical readings and say how the productions show that there is no one way to view a text etc (the whole syllabus thingo).

sorry bout the ramble

-marilia- xoxo

I agree with the statement of people just rambling on about the Feminism and Marxist aspects of Lear. I find that many of the essays I have read seem to delve into just one single view, in regards to these two influences towards Shakespeare. I also tend to find that students constantly stick to just talking about one or two elements, such as feminism, and do not discuss the text as a WHOLE interpretation, therefore not looking at the text CRITICALLY. It looks like the markers may seem to want an opinion in which we have formed, but yet stay open to all kinds of influences and factors that have created the overall interpretation. Basically, would I be right in saying that they may want us to highlight more than 2 "not-so-very COMMON" theories behind Lear?

 

[lukebennett]

Something which my teacher has emphasised has been the importance of starting your essay with a personal response (after the intro of course) and then kind of comparing it with some other interpretations or productions. He did say however that your responses could be based on productions or critiques or a combination of both.
Good luck guys. i hope the king lear question will be nothing like 2001.