Life after exams
Now your G.C.S.E.s / AS exams are out the way, you may feel like a well earned rest! Once your brain has stopped feeling like jelly, make sure reading is part of your recuperation. With longer days and a (slight) reduction in pressure, it might remind you why you want to study Eng. Lit. in the first place.
Using the summer
If you are progressing on to AS or A2 English, hopefully you will already have found out from teaching staff which texts are coming up. If they include any Victorian novels it makes good sense to start reading them now.
‘Victorian’ literature refers to anything written between 1837-1901. That includes Dickens, the Brontës and Thomas Hardy, but NOT Jane Austen! To get a sense of what that era was like in Britain, go to Crossref-it.info > The world of Victorian writers, where there is lots of handy information.
Victorian novels tend to be long, mainly because most of them were written for serial publication over a two-year period. Those that weren't, were designed for a 3-volume edition!
Come September, you'll be fighting for uninterrupted time to get them read. So pick up one now, while you have time.
Wuthering Heights
If your chosen Victorian fiction is this dramatic novel, there’s something to help you get the lowdown on Emily Brontë’s life and imagination. Launched this week is a handy guide to link you to all the relevant information at Crosssref-it.info > Wuthering Heights: Context links.
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