Viewing entries from category: Gothic
A GCSE Student’s Guide to The Woman in Black »
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Gothic, An Introduction to Gothic, Hot Entries, Prose, The Woman in Black, Writing, Analytical Writing, Essays, Literary Analysis, Prose Analysis
Guide Navigation
1. Introduction
2. Narrative Viewpoint
3. Structure
4. Social / Historical Context
5. Language
6. Top Ten Quotations
7. Exam Preparation
8. Using Quotations
9. Sample Exam Response
Introduction
This short popular novel is a ghost story with gothic elements. The Woman in Black was originally published in 1983 and a successful cinema adaptation was produced in 2012 starring Daniel Radcliffe (directed by James Watkins with screenplay by Jane Goldman).
In an interview, Susan Hill described ghost stories as follows:
...[ read full article ] »A Guide to Gothic »
Categories: Gothic, An Introduction to Gothic, Hot Entries, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB3, OCR A Level, OCR A Level English Literature, F664
Gothic is an option on two of the Literature A level syllabuses: AQA English Literature B, Unit 3 (LITB3) and the OCR A2 coursework unit (F664)
What makes Gothic?
The presence of psychological and physical terror is one key characteristic, as is a concern with morality, often...
[ read full article ] »Please subscribe or log in to access the rest of this resource.
This website offers a wealth of enriched content to help you help your students with GCSE & A Level English. Please subscribe or log in to access this content.
The content of this site has been produced by teachers and examiners. Edusites have similar support sites for Film and Media called FilmEdu and MediaEdu.
If you would like more information about EnglishEdu, get in touch using the contact details below.
Kind regards, Richard Gent
Edusites Ltd
[email] admin@edusites.co.uk
[telephone] 01604 847689
[fax] 01604 843220
A Guide to Gothic »
Gothic is an option on two of the Literature A level syllabuses: AQA English Literature B, Unit 3 (LITB3) and the OCR A2 coursework unit (F664)
What makes Gothic?
Although it’s never easy to define precisely the characteristics of any given field of literature, Gothic defies pinning down more than most. Ghosts and monsters are an easy and flippant answer to ‘what makes Gothic’; but not all Gothic has either or both.
[ read full article ] »The presence of psychological and physical terror is one key characteristic, as is a...
(1 pages)