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Tag: GCSE English literature

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What’s the difference between allegory & fable?

January 4, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

Here’s a starter for 10 – what is the point of literature? 

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Mince pies & juicy persons in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Happy Christmas, all. 

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Comparing love poetry (II): Reading Philip Larkin & Carol Ann Duffy

December 11, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

A friend of mine once said, “what good are emotions if all they do is make you weak?”

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Justice in The Merchant of Venice: 3 key ideas (with quotes, analysis & video)

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains a detailed video on the topic.)

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What’s the difference between tone, mood & atmosphere?

November 7, 2020November 12, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Many readers think that tone, mood and atmosphere are one and the same.

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Looking at war poetry (II): Wilfred Owen’s ‘Exposure’ and Ted Hughes’ ‘Bayonet Charge’

October 28, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)

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The supernatural in Macbeth: 3 key ideas (with quotes, analysis & video)

October 18, 2020December 1, 2020 Miss Jen4 Comments

(This post contains a detailed video on the topic.)

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What’s the difference between symbol & motif?

October 10, 2020December 1, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Symbol, motif and theme – otherwise known as the triumvirate of literary fiction.

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Reading poetry through art (I): W.H. Auden’s ‘Musee des beaux arts’ & William Carlos Williams’ ‘Landscape’

October 2, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

If literature is the peanut butter of culture, then art is the grape jelly that goes with it. 

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What is foreshadowing? Reading Oscar Wilde’s ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ to find out

September 26, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

One of the biggest debates in literary studies is this: should literature convey a moral message? 

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