TASK
Read, discuss, understand this key note article on Batman by Pete Turner.
- Some terminology to define before we read:
- Ideology
- Socio-Political Context
- Vigilante
- Dominant Hegemony
- Authoritarianism
- Dichotomy
- Read the article aloud around the class.
- Stop/start discussion on the article and specific sections of it:
- Vigilantism, justice and vengeance
- By any means necessary – the tactics of Batman
- Inequality in Gotham
- The masses
- Complete notes on the article during the discussion
- Highlight key quotes from the article to use in next week’s essay
- Generate a Harvard reference for the article to use in the bibliography of the essay
Reflective Journal
- Embed article
- Quote 3 key arguments in the article, which will be useful in your essay.
- Include this Harvard reference.
2013. Dark Knight, Dark Ideas. The Media Magazine. 44(2), pp. 37-41.
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