The Student Room Group

ocr english lit nea

Does anyone know any good prose and drama for my nea? The topic I want to do is American literature mostly to do with the economy and gender roles. I need one of them to be post 2000s preferably the prose
Also my exam board is OCR A
(edited 6 months ago)

Reply 1

Original post
by aye.sha
Does anyone know any good prose and drama for my nea? The topic I want to do is American literature mostly to do with the economy and gender roles. I need one of them to be post 2000s preferably the prose
Also my exam board is OCR A

street car named desire, handmaid tale, the great gatsby etc

Reply 2

you could also do the grapes of wrath!

Reply 3

Original post
by iyuiuiuiui
street car named desire, handmaid tale, the great gatsby etc

thank you!! I was thinking about doing a street car named desire, do you know any books other than handmaids tale and the great gatsby since it needs to be post 2000s?

Reply 4

Original post
by depriveofsocial
you could also do the grapes of wrath!

I wish but I'm doing that for my set text so I can't use it in my nea

Reply 5

Original post
by aye.sha
I wish but I'm doing that for my set text so I can't use it in my nea


i did that for my set text, and used farewell to arms for the other! :smile:

Reply 6

Original post
by depriveofsocial
i did that for my set text, and used farewell to arms for the other! :smile:

Okay thank youu I'll have a look!!

Reply 7

Original post
by aye.sha
thank you!! I was thinking about doing a street car named desire, do you know any books other than handmaids tale and the great gatsby since it needs to be post 2000s?
I picked Streetcar, and atonement by Ian Mcwan

Reply 8

How did you find comparing them because I have read Atonement but I was also thinking abt using we need to talk about kevin and I'm stuck between the two

Reply 9

Original post
by aye.sha
Does anyone know any good prose and drama for my nea? The topic I want to do is American literature mostly to do with the economy and gender roles. I need one of them to be post 2000s preferably the prose
Also my exam board is OCR A

My teachers chose the texts for us but they worked really well!! I did ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’. I would 100% recommend, I really enjoyed both!

Reply 10

Original post
by aye.sha
How did you find comparing them because I have read Atonement but I was also thinking abt using we need to talk about kevin and I'm stuck between the two
The themes that compare a lot is like apperance vs reality and imagination, guilt and psychological effects of it, social class (marxism)

Reply 11

Original post
by livkrk
My teachers chose the texts for us but they worked really well!! I did ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’. I would 100% recommend, I really enjoyed both!

Thank you I'll take a look at Feminine Gospels

Quick Reply

How The Student Room is moderated

To keep The Student Room safe for everyone, we moderate posts that are added to the site.