The Literature course
Characters
Charactersisation Characterisation The word 'Character' refers to a person, animal or thing in a story. Characterisation refers to the ways in which characters are presented. Think of the former term...
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Identity
Identity in Literature Identity is one of 7 concepts that underpin teaching and learning in the English A: Literature Course. Linking to the 3 areas of exploration, these ideas allow students to make...
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Concepts Free
The seven concepts One way of thinking about the seven defining concepts on the course is to see them as different lenses through which we can look at literary works; while it can be valuable and interesting...
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Time and Space: 'It is Dangerous...'
Area of Exploration 2: Time and Space After students have explored the poem through the lens of the Readers, Writers and Texts area of exploration (see activities and questions from Readers, Writers and...
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Intertextuality: 'It is Dangerous...'
Area of Exploration 3: Intertextuality The title of this poem, It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers, suggests the power and influence of texts in our lives, and on one level the poem is about how no one,...
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Readers, Writers and Texts: 'It is Dangerous...'
Area of Exploration 1: Readers, Writers and Texts Rather than giving students the whole poem straight away, the following approach - whereby students are given the poem bit by bit - encourages readers to...
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Teaching context: representation
The simple identification of contextual elements is the first step towards making sense of the impact time and space can have when we read literary works. However, students will also need to expand on...
The Literature course
Readers, writers and texts
Readers, writers and texts places emphasis on the status of literary texts as works of art. It addresses their aesthetic properties and considers the ways in which these properties create meaning. In...
Teaching and Learning resources
Teaching the novel
Teaching novels presents many opportunities for teachers, but also challenges - not least because of the time it can take to get through one that is lengthy. There is the added difficulty of exploring...
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Introducing the course: an activity
The new course invites consideration of literary works in a way that will be important to establish from the beginning. Traditional reading models locate the meaning of the work inside the text itself...