Appropriations: how the retelling of popular stories provide a key to contemporary social contexts

A practical workshop that encourages teachers to use the retelling of classic stories to explore the values and attitudes of contemporary society. A focus on Feminist and Marxist readings of the Faustian appropriation The Devil Wears Prada will be used as a model.

 Audience: High

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Presenter:

Kerry Skujins

Australian International School Singapore

Secondary English Teacher

kerrie_skujins@ais.com.sg

Kerrie is currently a teacher of senior English and English as a Second Language at the Australian International School Singapore. She has been teaching for twenty years and is a lover of literature and ideas.