Paris Anthology

Students study the AQA Anthology: Paris . The anthology includes a wide range of text types with a particular emphasis on non-fiction and non-literary material. In this part of the subject content, students explore speech and other genres. They study a wide range of linguistic and generic features, as well as related issues around questions of representation and viewpoint in texts taken from a range of time periods. The anthology offers opportunities for detailed exploration of the ubiquitous nature of narrative and systematic study of the representation of place. In studying, thinking, and writing about the anthology, students consider: - the ways in which writers and speakers present places, societies, people and events - the metaphorical nature of representation: the ways that narrative itself can sometimes be seen as a personal journey for writers and speakers - the influence of contextual factors such as time period, race, social class and gender on the content and focus of narratives - the affordances and limitations of different media - different generic conventions and different purposes for communicating ideas and viewpoints about travel, people and places - how people and their relationships are realised through point of view, attitude, specific registers, physical descriptions, speech and thought.