Gcse Literature Boost: A Christmas Carol - Using Critical Theory At Gcse

GCSE Literature Boost: A Christmas Carol uses academic criticism and theory to relight your literary passion for this classic text and put a newfound excitement in your pedagogy. Each chapter considers a main theme or section of Dickens' A Christmas Carol through different critical lenses.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. A whistlestop tour of some different theoretical lenses 3. Some theoretical lenses and 'A Christmas Carol' 4. What might a critical theory journey through the English Literature curriculum look like? 5. Case Studies 6. The forgotten ghost - the importance of Marley 7. Religious ideology and Dante in A Christmas Carol 8. Scrooge and the parallels between the Book of Job 9. Ebenezer misunderstood? 10. Authorial craft: Dickens the master of his craft 11. "God bless us, every one!" An exploration of the Cratchit family 12. It's all in the name 13. Food glorious food! Feast and famine in A Christmas Carol 14. Suffer the Little Children: the depictions of children in A Christmas Carol 15. It's the most wonderful time of the year

About the author

Haili Hughes is an academic at the University of Sunderland, Director of Education at IRIS Connect and was an English teacher for sixteen years. She has written five education books, speaks all over the world and advises the DfE.

Summary

GCSE Literature Boost: A Christmas Carol uses academic criticism and theory to relight your literary passion for this classic text and put a newfound excitement in your pedagogy. Each chapter considers a main theme or section of Dickens‘ A Christmas Carol through different critical lenses.

Product details

• Authors: Haili Hughes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032591964
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259196-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: GCSE Literature Boost
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Secondary Schools, Literary theory, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English Literature, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General