THE LITERATURE AS STOODLE: July 2010

Welcome to the Literature As Stoodle

You will find lots of links to resources, lessons and suggestions for wider reading on this blog. Check the recommended reading bar to the right. Wider Reading is very important for your exam question, Section A: Contextual linking. This is where you will be given an extract to analyse and link to your wider reading on the Struggle for Identity.
The Struggle for Identity areas are : Gender, Class, Political, Social, Indidividual, religious and sexual.
One very, very useful text is the New Oxford Student Text which contains extracts of prose, drama and poetry as well as useful comments.
To get the best out of this Blog, click on the labels to the right which will group posts on the same topic. Also click on the links to other sites to improve your studies. You can download resources and save them to your own computers. You might even want to keep your own Blog.
Enjoy your course and check in regularly.
Mrs Sims
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Saturday 31 July 2010

So you want to study Literature...

Your Literature AS course focuses on modern Literature and your theme is the Struggle for Identity.
You will complete two coursework essays: one on a modern novel - 1000 words and the second piece will compare two plays - 1500 words.
The exam comprises two questions.
Section A - The contextual Linking question where you are presented with a non- fiction extract to analyse. You will also have to link to this extract by comparing and contrasting with your wider reading in prose, drama and poetry.
Section B - Poetry. You will study one poet's work and you will answer one question from a choice of two. You are allowed to take clean copies of the poetry into the exam with you.
Wider reading is very important in this course. You will study 4 full texts with your teachers and lots of extracts, but you MUST read for yourselves as well in order to get the best grades.