Yoko Ogawa: The Memory Police Student Book (Year 11 Advanced Module B)

For Year 11 English Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature

Yoko Ogawa: The Memory Police Student Book engages students in an enjoyable and detailed study og Yoko Ogawa's dystopian novel, The Memory Police. It has been designed as a study option for Year 11 Advanced English Module B: Critical Study of Literature.

In order to develop their own considered personal response to The Memory Police, students will engage in a variety of activities that require them to respond to the novel in both critical and creative ways. This includes tasks that require students to compose in the imaginative, persuasive, and discursive styles of writing.

By working their way through the different activities in this student book, students will improve their understanding of the novel as a form, and particularly the ways the genre of surrealist dystopia can open our minds as readers and aid us in better understanding ourselves and the real world in which we live. Students will also come to understand how Ogawa's novel is unique within the literary canon and why it deserves recognition and study.

Contents

• Getting to Grips with Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature
• About Yoko Ogawa
• The Distinctive Qualities of The Memory Police
• Investigating the Context of Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police
• How to Critically Read the Novel
• A Close Look at The Memory Police
• Drawing Conclusions about the Novel
• What do the Critics Say?
• Critical Writing
• Reflecting on Your Close Study of The Memory Police!