Truthfully southern
Sep 11, 2026
⋮⋮ Program
- 08.35 The united states
- 08.45 Warm up
- 09.00 Journalism
- 09.20 Break
- 09.35 Grammatik
- 10.20 Break
- 10.35 The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
- Gonzo-journalism
- Reading
- Discuss
The united states
Warm-up: What do you know about the South?
- Write five words you associate with the American South.
- Where do those ideas come from: films, music, history, news, memes, school?
- Which words are about place, and which words are about people?
- What is the danger of beginning a unit with stereotypes?
Journalism
- In your own words, what is journalism, and what is its purpose?
- What words you think of when you think of ‘non-fiction’? Make a list
- Look at the words below. Look up the words you don’t know and write down the translation and the word class.
Box
true truth fact factual narrative literary subjective objective participatory
Grammatik
- Se lektionen i edaptio
Gonzo-journalism
- Summarise the introduction to gonzo-journalism to each other, including the following words:
- subjective, narrator, humor, investigative, social, critique
- Look up the following words:
- derby, decadent, depraved, duress, riot, sketch artist, atavistic, D-day, gentry, recollection
- What do you expect the text to be about from the title?
Reading
Begin reading The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved. Read until the “View from Thompson’s head”-headline.
Discussion
- Why has Thompson come to Kentucky?
- What impression do you get of “Jimbo”, the man from Houston? How is he characterised?
- Can you find any “gonzo” features in this text so far?