Science fiction is also for women
Characters:
Theme: Presente simple vs. Pasado simple. Vocabulario: Literatura.
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
ACTIVITY 1:
Read the following text and answer the questions.
SCIENCE FICTION IS ALSO FOR WOMEN
'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.”
1. Read the text about The Female Man carefully. Are the following statements true or false?
A) The book tells the story of a woman from four different points of view.
B) The women don´t know anything about the different realities they live in.
C) William Gibson influenced the writer.
D) The book studies the gender roles in society.
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 or a boundary marker: _________________________
B) Somthing approved enthusiastically with or as if with loud applause or shouts: _________________________
C) A section or area of natural scenery that can be seen from a single viewpoint: _________________________
Observations and context
- Mujeres precursoras: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818); Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The yellow wallpaper (1892).
- Mujeres coetáneas: Alice Bradley Sheldon, alias James Triptree, (1915); Úrsula K. Le Guin (1929) y Margaret Atwood (1939).
- Su trabajo es ampliamente enseñado en cursos sobre ciencia ficción y feminismo en el mundo anglo-parlante. Russ es el tema del libro de Farah Mendlesohn On Joanna Russ (2009) y del libro de Jeanne Cortiel Demand My Writing: Joanna Russ, Feminism, Science Fiction (2000). Russ y su trabajo también son destacados en el libro de Sarah LeFanu Drings Chinks in the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction (1988).
- Es la autora de varias obras de ciencia ficción y fantasía, como How to Suppress Women’s Writing (1983). Su obra más célebre es El hombre hembra (1970), una novela que combina sátira y ficción utópica, que puede leerse como novela, así como en su calidad de texto teórico.
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
En esta actividad se pretende mejorar la comprensión escrita mediante un texto sobre Joanna Russ.
Unidades lingüísticas básicas y significados asociados a dichas unidades.
El alumnado conocerá a una de las autoras más importantes de ciencia ficción, Joanna Russ (1937–2011), que fue una escritora, académica y feminista radical estadounidense.