Engelskspråklig litteratur og kultur eksamen | Høst 2014 | Study Guide

Task 1
Short answer
Read the text ‘Female Role' by Tanya Gold in the box below.
Point out examples of language features and literary devices the writer uses to get her attitude to the expectations placed on women in British society across to the reader. 

Task 2
Short answer
Interpret the messages of the two Amnesty International advertisements below and discuss how these messages are conveyed. Use examples from both advertisements. 

Task 3
Long answer
Choose one of the alternatives a, b, c or d below.

3a
Read the extract in Appendix 1 from Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the text ‘Female role' by Tanya Gold in Task 1 on page 4 above.
Discuss what the two texts say about the expectations placed on women in the American and British societies. In your discussion, use examples from both texts.

3b
Compare how relationships between women and relationships between men are portrayed in at least two English-language literary works or films you have studied in your English course this year. Use examples from the works you choose. 

3c
Read the two poems in Appendix 2.
Compare the themes of the two poems and how they are conveyed. Use examples from both poems.

3d
Comparing two or three English-language literary texts from your course, discuss how chance meetings have changed the characters' lives and how important these chance meetings are to the development of the plots.