Monday, 25 January 2010

"The Great Gatsby" Chapter Summaries

The Great Gatsby chapter summaries with comments.
Chapter Summaries

Monday, 11 January 2010

English Literature Exam - Summer 2010

AS Students
Summer 2010 [Final] Edexcel GCE ENGLISH LITERATURE 1: EXPLORATIONS IN PROSE & POETRY

6ET01 2h 15m 8 June 2010 Tuesday pm

A2 Students
Summer 2010 [Final] Edexcel GCE ENGLISH LITERATURE 3: INTERPRETATIONS OF PROSE AND POETRY

6ET03 2h 45m 15 June 2010 Tuesday pm

Saturday, 12 December 2009

Graham Greene Brighton Rock: The Characterisation of Good and Evil

A useful, short, essay by Sarah Jones

http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/graham-greene.html

Frankenstein Lecture Notes

These are just bare outline notes. Still, they provide a structure for possible research.

http://www.jessicatiffin.org/teaching/frlect.htm

Mark Steel's Postmodern Approach to Mary Shelley

Mark's ironic, easy style disguises true academic rigour. This is well worth watching for A2 students studying "Frankenstein" who need to "gen up" on AO4 (the historical context of Mary's life, influences and times.) The third part deals with the text. See all four parts.











Saturday, 21 November 2009

The Narrator of" Brighton Rock" by G.A. Wilkes

Worth reading as you work your way into the novel. Wilkes makes intriguing points on the viewpoint of the narrator and changes in subsequent publications of this novel.

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