Activity

Science fiction is also for women

Characters:

Joanna Russ

Theme: Present simple vs Past Simple. Vocabulary: Literature

Competencies

Competence in Linguistic Communication

Personal, social and learning to learn competence

Citizen Competition

Competence in cultural awareness and expressions

Subjects and year by Educational System

Spain > English > 2nd ESO > Communication

Spain > English > 2nd ESO > Interculturalism

Enunciation

<img title="Women's Legacy logo" src="//inclusion.womenslegacyproject.eu/images/LogoWL.svg" /><hr />ACTIVITY 1: &nbsp; Read the following &nbsp;text and answer the questions.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;SCIENCE FICTION IS ALSO FOR WOMEN&nbsp;
'The Female Man (1970), by Joanna Russ, a landmark book in the fields of science fiction and feminism. Four women living in parallel worlds, each with a different gender landscape. When they begin to travel to each other's worlds, each woman's preconceptions on gender and what it means to be a woman are challenged.
Acclaimed as one of the essential works of science fiction and an influence on William Gibson, The Female man takes a look at gender roles in society and remains a work of great power.&rdquo;&nbsp;
 1. Read the text about The Female Man carefully. Are the following statements true or false?&nbsp;
 A) The book tells the story of a woman from four different points of view.&nbsp;
B) The women don&acute;t know anything about the different realities they live in.&nbsp;
C) William Gibson influenced the writer.&nbsp;
D) The book studies the gender roles in society.&nbsp;
 2. Find words that correspond to the following definitions (vocabulary).
 A) A feature of the landscape that serves as a point of reference, a guide for travelers &nbsp;or a boundary marker: _________________________&nbsp;
B) &nbsp;Something approved enthusiastically with or as if with loud applause or shouts: _________________________
C) &nbsp;A section or area of natural scenery that can be seen from a single viewpoint: _________________________&nbsp;
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Observations and context

- Preceeding women: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818); Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The yellow wallpaper (1892).
- Contemporary women: Alice Bradley Sheldon, alias James Triptree, (1915); Ursula K. Le Guin (1929) and Margaret Atwood (1939).
- Her work is widely taught in courses on science fiction and feminism in the English-speaking world. Russ is the subject of Farah Mendlesohn's On Joanna Russ (2009) and Jeanne Cortiel's Demand My Writing: Joanna Russ, Feminism, Science Fiction (2000). Russ and her work are also featured in Sarah LeFanu's In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction (1988).
She is the author of several works of science fiction and fantasy, including How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983). Her most celebrated work is The Female Man (1970), a novel combining satire and utopian fiction, which can be read as a novel as well as a theoretical text.

http://unlibroaldia.blogspot.com/2021/03/resena-cuatro-manos-joanna-russ-como.html
https://www.pikaramagazine.com/2018/11/como-acabar-con-la-escritura-de-las-mujeres-joana-russ/ (13/4/22)

Description

This activity aims to improve reading comprehension through a text about Joanna Russ. Students will learn about one of the most important science fiction authors, Joanna Russ (1937-2011) who was an American writer, an academic and a radical feminist.
Basic linguistic units and their associated terms.

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