Course: OCR A level English | K.E.S Moodle

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The Gothic

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Useful resources and links to websites to aid your understanding of the Gothic genre.
- The Gothic - emagazine articles link URL
- The Gothic - British Library link URL
- The Gothic - British Library clip URL
- The Art of Gothic - BBC documentary Part 1 URL
- Timeline for the Gothic BBC URL
- In Our Time - the Gothic URL
- Dracula - documentary URL
- Dracula Memrise quotations URL
- The Bloody Chamber - Memrise quotations URL
- The Bloody Chamber - LitCharts URL
- The Bloody Chamber - British Lib. link URL
- The Bloody Chamber - link to Helen Simpson article URL
- The Bloody Chamber - eMag articles link URL
- Dracula - Litcharts link URL
- The Gothic - Student Guide by ZigZag File
  
  Very useful notes on key aspects of 'The Gothic' together with a range of practice essay questions / activities and answers.
- The Gothic - Unseen practice pack File
  
  10 unseen extracts to provide practice of Task 1 - close-reading skills - together with annotated copies and example analysis.
American Literature 1880 - 1940
- American Literature Unseen Prose Workbook File
- Student Guide to OCR American Literature Set Topic - ZIG ZAG File
  
  A useful booklet to work through alongside your classwork on American Literature. This will introduce you to the key authors and themes of the period. We recommend printing your own copy for personal use.
- Model answers to Theodore Dreiser extract File
- Practice Unseen text - Theodore Dreiser File
- The Indestructible Women by Mimi Reisel Gladstein File
  
  A useful critical essay on women in Steinbeck's novel.
- Practice Question - The Pursuit of Money File
- Key Themes in The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath File
- Devising Our Own Comparative Questions File
- Contextual Facts and Opinions about Gatsby and Grapes File
- Midnight in Manhattan - documentary URL
- Prof. Sarah Churchwell lecture URL
- Reading Round Gatsby File
  
  Some suggestions for wider reading and viewing around Gatsby and American Literature in general
- The Great Gatsby -13D selection File
Merchant's Tale/Duchess of Malfi comparison
The Duchess of Malfi
Useful resources and links.
The Merchant's Tale
Lots of resources and links to useful websites to aid your revision.
The Tempest
- Part B Tempest practice questions File
- Practice Part A and B File
- How to write the perfect part B paragraph File
- Stage history RSC URL
- prosperos-wife orgel File
- Masques and power URL
- Memrise: Tempest critical quotations URL
- Memrise: Tempest quotations URL
- Tempest scrapbook critical readings URL
- Sample answers URL
- Tempest and Post-colonialism URL
- The Tempest podcast - Oxford University URL
- RSC - The Text Detectives URL
  
  Follow the link to find extracts from the play, annotations, images and performance clips.
- British Library resources URL
- RSC The Tempest quotations URL
- RSC The Tempest performance history URL
- SBT The Tempest - Performance history File
- SBT The Tempest - Critical history File
Measure for Measure
- Cheek by Jowl - Measure for Measure URL
- E Magazine URL
  
  Remember to look for articles here - there are plenty - and for your other exam texts.
  
  Login: Hamlet
  
  Password: Elsinore
- Hodder revision guide - sample extract URL
  
  Hodder produce excellent revision guides.
  
  Here is a free sample with useful material on themes.
- Measure for Measure - longer commentary URL
  
  A useful commentary of the entire play.
- Penguin - teacher's guide to the play URL
- RSC - Measure for Measure past productions URL
  
  Some great archive material on past productions.
  
  From here you can find out more 'About the Play' and 'Famous Quotations' and 'Teacher Activities' - all great stuff - click on the links.
- Barbara Everett writes in The Guardian URL
  
  A useful critical essay.
- LitCharts - a useful resource URL
  
  To access the entire website you need a subscription, but you can still view some very useful material from here.
- A Harvard lecture on YouTube URL
  
  Very useful lecture by Professor Marjorie Garber.
- SparkNotes - No Fear Shakespeare URL
  
  A useful paraphrase of the play - but definitely NOT a replacement for the original.
- BBC Measure for Measure resources URL
  
  Here you can watch the 1979 BBC version; listen to Judi Dench and John Mortimer discuss the play and read/view a wealth of production materials.
  
  Go to 'Plays' and scroll down to 'Measure for Measure' - click on it and you will be prompted to enter the following:
  
  Username: kingedwardvischoolcv37
  
  Password: RfyLltJFnY
- Emma Smith lecture - Oxford University URL
- British Library - Measure for Measure URL
- Quotations - critical responses URL
Atonement and A Streetcar Named Desire

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- Storytelling as Self-justification by Peter Childs File
- Part 1 - Ian McEwan's Atonement - Comprehensive Guide for A Level File
- Part 2 - Ian McEwan's Atonement - Comprehensive Guide for A Level File
- Getting the Colored Lights Going - Henry I. Schvey - Critical Essay on Streetcar File
- Commentary from Methuen Student Edition of the play File
  
  This provides an excellent critical introduction to the play and also has a list of other suggested critical responses at the end.