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• Studiejaar 2

Globalisation:  The Thing Around Your Neck

Made by:

Fatih Mavili

Teun van Koert

Sjoerd van Hal

At the end of this lesson....

• You can explain how globalisation is connected to literature.
• You can explain what a multicultural society is and how it is connected to    literature.
• You can read a text and take out information to use in the given       questions.

What do you think of when you hear the term 'Globalisation'?

Globalisation

• How trade and technology have made the world more             connected.
• Economic and societal developments.
• Comparable to a spider web that has grown over the years. 
• Connects everything from money to ideas.

How do you think globalisation is connected to literature?

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Author

• Central Themes

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Born on 15th of september in 1977
• Born in Enugu, Nigeria
• Moved to America when she was     19.

• Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus,        was released in 2003 and won       the commonwealth Writers Prize   in 2005.

Central Themes

• Immigration    
• Colliding cultures
• Multicultural society
  
• African culture
  

How do you think these themes are connected to the short story?

Reading 

• You are going to read the text in groups.
• Group 1 is going to read page 1-2.
• Group 2 is going to read page 3-4.
• Group 3 is going to read page 5-6.
• It is up to you formulate the key points of the text. 

What is a multicultural society? Try to give an example.

What did Akunna realise when she started crying in the shower?

Do you think Akunna will ever come back to America?

Motivational letter

• You are going to write a motivational letter to be accepted to work at a school in a different country.
•  Indulge yourself in the culture by looking up information     about the country you chose. 
• The letter should be between 150-250 words. 

What do you think they mean with "the thing around your neck"?

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