English Literature Revision

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Content of english literature
Cassia Bricknell
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English Literature Revision
  1. Texts to study
    1. Shakespeare - Merchant of Venince
      1. 19th Century novel - Jane Eyre
        1. Post 1914 - Hobson's Choice
          1. Anthology of poetry
          2. Assessment objectives
            1. AO1 - thoughts and opinions, back up interpretations - quotes
              1. AO2 - explain how writes use language, structure, form - what is the effect? Use technical terms
                1. AO3 - How text relates to context - when it was written
                  1. AO4 - spag
                  2. Types of questions
                    1. Personality of character
                      1. Mood or atmosphere
                        1. theme or message
                          1. attitudes towards a theme or issue
                            1. Relationships between characters
                            2. Writer's techniques
                              1. Imagery - language to create pictures. Adds to audience's understanding
                                1. similies
                                  1. Metaphors
                                    1. Personification
                                      1. Sentence structure:
                                        1. Short - builds tension, excitement
                                          1. Long - characters emotions
                                          2. Descriptions, setting, atmosphere - effects
                                            1. Symbolism - themes + additional meanings
                                            2. Speech in plays
                                              1. Dialogue - 2 or more characters - shows characters interacting
                                                1. Monologue - 1 character
                                                  1. Soliloquy - character speaks thoughts out loud - reveals thoughts and feelings to audience
                                                    1. Aside - like soliloquy - shorter comment
                                                    2. Things to look out for in shakespeare's plays:
                                                      1. Humour - puns and jokes
                                                        1. Imagery
                                                          1. Striking words and phrases
                                                          2. 19th Century
                                                            1. Class - determined what kind of life you had
                                                              1. Society
                                                                1. Rich upper class - owned land, socialised
                                                                  1. poor working class - looked down on
                                                                  2. Industrial Revolution - opportunities to make money so middle class grew in size and influence
                                                                    1. Middle class relied on trade for wealth so looked down upon by upper class
                                                                    2. cities overcrowded
                                                                      1. Led to hunger, disease and crime
                                                                      2. Education
                                                                        1. Privledge - only wealthy families, governess
                                                                          1. Boys - priority
                                                                            1. Rich girls - taught art, music, dance - help get a husband
                                                                              1. School run by church - charity donations
                                                                                1. Not compulsory until 1880
                                                                                2. Women dependent on men
                                                                                  1. Reputation important - Christianity had influence on behaviour - bad behaviour meant ruined reputation
                                                                                    1. Romanticism and the Gothic genre
                                                                                      1. Romantics - intense emotions influenced by nature
                                                                                        1. Gothics - mysterious location, supernatural elements, troubling secrets, madness
                                                                                      2. Poetry
                                                                                        1. Language - words, imagery, techniques
                                                                                          1. Structure - how the poet arranges feelings, ideas most effectively
                                                                                            1. Form - type of poem and its features
                                                                                              1. Form:
                                                                                                1. Sonnet - 14 lines, regular, love
                                                                                                  1. Dramatic monologue - single persona, implied audience
                                                                                                    1. Free verse - irregular, no set rhythm, natural speech
                                                                                                    2. Terminology:
                                                                                                      1. Stanza - group of lines
                                                                                                        1. Tercet - 3 line stanza
                                                                                                          1. Couplet - pair of lines, same metre
                                                                                                            1. Rhyming couplet - final words
                                                                                                              1. Rhyming triplet - final words of 3 lines
                                                                                                              2. Structure:
                                                                                                                1. How the poem progresses
                                                                                                                  1. pauses and interruptions in ideas
                                                                                                                    1. Changes in mood, voice, tense, rhyme scheme, rhythm, pace
                                                                                                                    2. Poetic techniques:
                                                                                                                      1. Rhyme - adds power
                                                                                                                        1. Rhythm alters pace and mood
                                                                                                                          1. Metre - pattern of syllables
                                                                                                                            1. If patterns are consistent - rhythm is regular
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