St Peters English Department 2002/2003
GCSE English and GCSE English Literature
Year 10
Autumn 2002
Coursework essay (original writing):
Journey.
Start work by brainstorming ideas of ‘journey’. Work on Freshwater
by Andrew Motion. Then look back at brainstorming to develop ideas.
Coursework essay (pre-1914 literature):
Hardy is often described as a ‘cinematographic’
novelist. By focussing on two scenes, show the cinematographic features of Hardy’s
writing, and consider their significance. Are there other features of the novel
which are harder to translate to film?
What features does the novel share with a film?
We shall read the whole novel and then look at six key scenes using the following
means of analysis, introducing a new method each time, but also building on
previous work by using those methods also.
Firstly, we shall consider whether the book is clearly divided into scenes,
as a film is.
Then we shall apply the following means of analysis:
Is the visual of primary importance above the auditory and well above the other
senses?
Is there a distinct ‘point of view’, and if there is, what features
does it have?
Are there strong characters?
How ‘all-knowing’ (or ‘omniscient’) is the narrator? Or,
how ‘omniscient’ does the narrator appear to be?
How does the reader engage with the text?
- through plot (we want to know what happens next)
- through delight, for example in circumstance and imagery
- through horror, for example in circumstance and imagery
- through intellectual debate, for example about purity and fate
Coursework essay (media):
By comparing the openings of two film adaptations of the book, and one
other scene (a scene which both films have in common), what conclusions can
you draw about the directors’ attitudes to the Hardy’s material?
Deadline dates:
Literature essay: