After getting some feedback on my story idea I chose to re-write to try and develop it further. Story Idea - Re-write A young girl and her father, a light house keeper, are out fishing at sea and all seems fine. However, when they are going back to shore a storm suddenly appears and the boat hits the rocks throwing them both out in to the sea. Years later, in the present, we see that the girl has survived the accident and has now grown up. She is seen standing in front of her father’s grave showing that he didn’t survive, it is also shown that she has become a light house keeper herself to carry on his memory and to protect others from the same fate. However, the grief of her loss is still with her as she now spends all of her days and nights locked away in her light house on her own with none to talk to. However, a young man appears at her door one day and introduces himself as having moved into the old fisherman’s cottage by the shore. He tries to befriend her, ...
Hi Rhia, your research looks really good so far in terms of content and quality. It would be a good idea to make further use of academic journals, as these are usfeul for linking theory to practice. I've linked to a few example searches to show what's available:
ReplyDeleteOrwell, 1984, Foucalt: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20foucault
Orwell 1984 dystopia: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20dystopia
Orwell 1984 postmodern*: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20postmodern*
There is also an e-book available via the Library called On Nineteen Eighty-Four : Orwell and Our Future which you may find helpful. You can access it via https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/reader.action?docID=617523&query=.
It might also be relevant to take a look at the political and historical context in which George Orwell wrote 1984. This article is a good starting point: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21337504
Andrew
Chapter 1 - Focus on Utopias only with a plan to conclude that a) Utopias are different for everyone but b) they share the same characteristic (i.e. they represent a fixed point). This sets up the issue of structuralism vs poststructuralism - i.e. Derrida critiques structuralism (fixed points) because he argues that those 'fixed points' are actually representations of cultural bias/invisible prejudice/covert ideology. Put more simply, we distrust Utopias because they represent 'fixed points' and thus represent cultural bias/invisible prejudice/covert ideology.
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