Yoko Ogawa: The Memory Police Student Book engages students in an enjoyable and detailed study of 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.

This student book is a highly valuable resource for students and teachers of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 11 Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature. It includes:

1. Engaging classroom activities to develop skills in analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of texts.

2. Texts regarded as quality literature.

3. Texts that represent a variety of cultural, social, and gender perspectives.

Authors: Emily Bosco and Anthony Bosco

Format: PDF download, 158 pages

ISBN: 978 1 923140 04 2