Dystopian literature Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE B – 7717/2B – JUNE 2021 14  that Darkin’s moving out is a practical solution as he is struggling to cope and the flats could be re- developed into better housing  the biased negative stereotype of Darkin in the extract thinking that the intruders would have voices that were ‘Polish or black’  the ironic reversal of Darkin’s fears being realised in Jones the housing officer rather than the ‘men in balaclavas’  how this ex...

A full-marks (30/30) essay comparing and contrasting the presentation of power and hierarchy in ‘1984’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Tailored to the OCR A-level English Literature course. Strong focus on context (AO3).

These are summaries, straightforward notes for an A-level English Literature Unsen Dystopia essay. The document includes: *List of dystopian conventions *Language, form, and structure conventions list *Key literary references (context) *Key historical references (context)

Essay Plans for a comparative essay between The Handmaids Tale and 1984, including the themes of: gender, voice of protest, different types of conformity and negative tone. With Links to context and critics.

Exemplar critical appreciation essay on an unseen extract from a dystopian text - contains references to Huxley's 'Brave New World' and valuable context - great example of how to tackle unseen essay questions - grade A

Super comprehensive summary of lectures 1 to 9 + all papers associated with each lecture for New Media Challenges. Each literature paper also includes an extensive summary + an abbreviated summary to make it easier to understand the core of each paper. In addition, all lectures are described in detail. Summary in English (as the course is taught in English)

A complete summary containing characters and sepaated into chapters. It remains detailed while being very short and will guarantee you a good grade.

A complete summary containing characters and sepaated into chapters. It remains detailed while being very short and will guarantee you a good grade.

The significance of Scrabble in the handmaid's tale

dystopian : An imagined society that is negative in some way, for example an oppressive society. genre : a major category or type of literature literary device : Any method an author uses to add meaning or interest to a text, such as metaphors, similes or alliteration. literary fiction : Fiction written with serious artistic intentions prose : Any writing that is not poetry novel 2 : An extended piece of prose fiction. novella : a short novel or long short story short story : A...