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Literature in English (8841)
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Free Literature in English (8841) revision notes for GCE A-Level - Higher 1 (H1) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Unseen Poetry
Unseen poetry: responding to one poem (Section A)
Singaporean poetry in the unseen section
Poetic form, structure and rhythm in unseen poems
Diction, imagery and tone in unseen poems
Prose
Julian Barnes: Arthur and George
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
Charles Dickens: Hard Times
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
Drama
Thomas Middleton and William Rowley: The Changeling
Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
William Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale
Sean O’Casey: Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars
Skills: Essay & passage-based response
Passage-based response on a set text
Essay response on a set text
Quotation, critical terminology and essay structure
Sustained interpretation supported by detailed reference
Literary Analysis Toolkit
Elements of literary genres
Literary form: structure, setting, character, conflict, plot, theme
Stylistic devices: voice, persona, symbolism, irony, mood, tone
Text and context: social, cultural and historical influences
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