Module 6: Critical Reading Skills

Snow, Glass, Apples is a short story by Neil Gaiman. This piece tells the story of Snow White from the point of view of her stepmother, who was actually trying to save the kingdom from her bloodthirsty stepdaughter. What is the context of this?

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Wicked by Gregory McGuire revolves around the story of the Wicked Witch of the West from Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and reimagines her as the misunderstood protagonist, Elphaba.

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Fast City by Don Bosco is an interactive narrative which presents a set of conflicts and psychological landscapes placed within a technology-obsessed urban space.

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Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding is written in a diary format and chronicles events within a year in the life of protagonist Bridget in the 90s; it is loosely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

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The Museum by Adam Kenney emulates the experience of being in a museum by allocating a page to each part of the museum and giving the reader free rein as to where he/she wants to go by providing links to different areas in the museum.

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