Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Revision help for AS / A2 English Lang. & Lit. students

It’s that time again...





















AS and A2 English exams are happening and time is very short! If you need some quick recaps, here are some website pages that will help:

English language

English Literature (per syllabus)

AQA 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from AQA, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

OCR 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from OCR, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

Edexcel 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from Edexcel, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

CIE or the Cambridge Pre U 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from CIE or the Cambridge Pre U, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:

WJEC 

If you are taking any of the syllabuses from WJEC, there is lots of helpful info on the following exam texts:
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Thursday, 1 May 2014

The voice of war: Owen uncovered

Perspectives on the ‘Great War’

It’s hard to escape the huge media coverage of the centenary of the onset of the First World War. Widely supported in 1914 as a fight for King and Country against the forces of oppressive imperial expansion, our perspective today is quite different.

We know now what the people of 1914 did not – that the so-called ‘Great War’ would entail huge physical destruction in Northern France and the killing, maiming and mental carnage of a generation of men. Far from being ‘The War to End all Wars’, its consequent peace agreement would result in further mass conflict just nineteen years after its end.

Our attitude is also different because of the profound poetic voice which came to light during and after the conflict – a voice which brought home the real horrors of warfare as well as the wounding of long established values.

Wilfred Owen speaks out

Wilfred Owen is now regarded as one of the premier English poets of the First World War and a significant poetic voice of the twentieth century. He witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Western front and translated it through the medium of poetry. He fused his growing anti-war sentiment with a combination of his English poetic heritage, a deep love of nature and his traditional Christian background. Born out of an increasing realisation of the disconnect between the view of the war at home and the harsh and gruesome realities of the battlefield, Owen's moving body of work has profoundly impacted generations of readers.

New Crossref-it.info text guide

Just in time for revision before this summer’s exams, now you can discover a new Crossref-it.info text-guide on selected poems by Wilfred Owen:

26 of his most significant poems are provided with a synopsis then examined in terms of:
  • Context
  • Language & tone 
  • Structure & versification
  • Imagery & symbolism
  • Themes – individual to the poem them connected to Owen’s wider thematic strands.

As well as this in depth commentary, there is background information on:

  • Owen’s social influences
  • The contemporary literary context
  • The religious & philosophical understanding of his times.

Crucially, there’s also help on how to:

  • Do well in exam and essay answers
  • Approach his work with critical awareness
  • Find other helpful resources.
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