Critical Coursework
Word Limit: 1200 - 1500 words
Critical Theory :
For the coursework:
There are different ways of reading through criticisms. With this there are different starting points, with different virtues to be discovered.
Texts Read in Year 12
Texts Read in Year 13
Literature - written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
Canon - A collection of important texts which has significant value.
Subjective - To have an opinion/point of view/a way at looking at things.
Terry Eagleton, 1983
"Literature...is any kind of writing which for some reason or another somebody values highly."
"Literary Worth"
Critical Theory :
- Marxism and Feminism
- Metaphors and Symbolism
- Value
For the coursework:
- Have a sharp and focused question
- Reference and quotations of the text
- Synoptic of LITB3 and LITB4
There are different ways of reading through criticisms. With this there are different starting points, with different virtues to be discovered.
Texts Read in Year 12
- The Great Gatsby
- The Road
- Much Ado About Nothing
- An Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Browning
- Tennyson
Texts Read in Year 13
- Macbeth
- Northanger Abbey
- The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
- The Color Purple
- A Streetcar Named Desire
Literature - written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
Canon - A collection of important texts which has significant value.
Subjective - To have an opinion/point of view/a way at looking at things.
Terry Eagleton, 1983
"Literature...is any kind of writing which for some reason or another somebody values highly."
"Literary Worth"
- Well written
- Good grammar
- Good syntax
- Creative
- Lucid plot
- Interesting literary technique