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AQA A2 English Literature LITA3: Love Through the Ages, 11 June 2015

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So to revise i have:
- Learned wider reading quotes
- Mindsmapped possible themes and quotes to use
- Learnt context for periods

What else could be done?

Read extracts and try to analyse as much as you can in 7-10 minutes?

Reply 81

niamhy18

Would anyone recommend any decent resources/websites for learning literary contexts? I'm not sure whether I've got enough.

Thanks :smile:

Reply 82

Comeback

Good luck everyone.

Possibly the most important exam I've had to take so far in my life (I'm applying for English Literature) is tomorrow.

Fingers crossed.

Reply 83

fairylights1995

Anyone else in a state of complete panic cus they've left it to the last minute?
What would be the most time effective ways to spend the last 24 hours?

Reply 84

JaiGuruji

Hi guys,

Can anyone please share their quotes for familial love poetry and prose. Also, is obsessive love a theme, or could we possibly tie it in with jealous love or something?

Thanks! :smile:

Reply 85

Jdiaper

Can anyone share anything on context please?

Reply 86

fkh

how many quotes does everyone have? I have 8 themes and some interlink and 9 quotes, 3 of eaach genre for each theme. so thats 72 quotes? is that too many?!

Reply 87

JaiGuruji

Original post by fkh

how many quotes does everyone have? I have 8 themes and some interlink and 9 quotes, 3 of eaach genre for each theme. so thats 72 quotes? is that too many?!

Hi! What themes are you doing?

Reply 88

fkh

Original post by JaiGuruji

Hi! What themes are you doing?

Celebration of love
Forbidden love
Pursuit
Marriage
Loss and separation
Familial
Attitudes to sex
Unrequited love

Dont know whether to have a few quotes on friendship just incase though?? you?

Reply 89

hannahduke25

Original post by JaiGuruji

Hi guys,

Can anyone please share their quotes for familial love poetry and prose. Also, is obsessive love a theme, or could we possibly tie it in with jealous love or something?

Thanks! :smile:

For poetry the post modernist poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath is good- "barely daring to breathe of achoo". Sharon Old's "late poem to my father is also a useful one. For drama- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennesse Williams. And for prose i am using The Awakening by Kate Chopin. I would say obsessive could be it's own theme or could link in also to jealous

Reply 90

Charlotte.97

Hi everyone,
Just wanted your opinion on using pieces you used in your coursework for the exam?

Reply 91

hannahduke25

Original post by Jdiaper

Can anyone share anything on context please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c9xi_iTDHA
These YouTube videos on literature are quite basic and useful to watch for context :smile:

Reply 92

lg01

Is there any difference between Restoration literature and Cavalier poets?
Were all Cavalier poets part of the Restoration movement, but not vice versa?

Reply 93

lg01

Original post by Charlotte.97

Hi everyone,
Just wanted your opinion on using pieces you used in your coursework for the exam?

I think it's the best thing to do, you know the quotes off by heart and can analyse them quickly. The examiners don't know what pieces you used for your coursework, but be careful not to develop wider reading points more than the unseen extracts if you do that. :smile:

Reply 94

haycockdoug