Introduction to Literature Module 1.7

Animal Farm

Study Guide: Introduction to Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 1)

Focus Text

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Honors: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury OR

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card  (best for younger readers)

Context Resource Links

These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.

Readings

http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/

http://orwell.ru/library/essays/wiw/english/e_wiw

http://theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-and-other-works/in-defence-of-p-g-wodehouse/

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/sir-agravaine-by-p-g-wodehouse

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html

The Author’s Life

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/george-orwell-a-life-in-pictures-a-documentary 

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/george-orwell-timeline-by-steven-kreis 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Orwell

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/31915.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/orwell/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/30/george-orwell-birthplace-motihari-bihar-india-museum

Poetry

George Orwell Resources

http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/889/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/orwell/

http://www.george-orwell.org/Poetry_and_the_Microphone/0.html

Audio

Unabridged audiobook: http://amzn.to/2sN6R5A

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4803830

Video

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/animal-farm-by-george-orwell-the-1954-movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204824/

Visual Arts

http://orwell.ru/bio/gallery/english/

Music

http://www.phil.muni.cz/angl/gw/farmww.html

https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/animal-farm

Historical Context

A Brief Look at Russian History

http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis01.htm

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/animal-farm-and-its-relationship-to-history

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/animal-farm/characters

http://www.online-literature.com/quiz.php?quizid=200

http://www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/intro.html

Literary Context

http://aesopfables.com/

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift

http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/

Quotes

http://www.george-orwell.org/l_quotes.html

Free Speech Quotes

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