Dystopian Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Essay plan for Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Orwell’s ‘1984’ for the question ‘Dystopian regimes spend much time and effort on the process of indoctrination’. Includes quotes, critics, context and full topic sentences. Essay from this plan received full marks.

Everything you need to reach the A/A* marking points. I only used these notes for my final A-level OCR English Literature Paper 2 to receive 57/60 on my paper. The document includes - summaries of The Handmaid's tale by chapter and includes key quotes organised by chapter. (chronological) - 1984 quotes organised by chapter (chronological) - key points for context of reception (to achieve A/A*) - key points for context of production (to achieve A/A*) - contemporary critics quotes w/ autho...

Summary Notes for OCR Modern English Literature, Dystopian Fiction - includes unseen tips and tricks, marking descriptors and paper layout, contextual notes on Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaids's Tale' and George Orwell's '1984', as well as some critics

Grid including five examples of AO3 (modern context) and how they relate to three dystopian novels: 'The Handmaid's Tale', '1984' and 'Brave New World' - AO3 is required for any A* essay

Historical Fiction - correct answer -Set in particular historical periods (VW Orlando) *Picaresque: episodic adventures of rogue protagonist (Don Quixote) *Gothic: reaction against 18c rationalism, horror, mystery, superstition, madness, revenge, supernatural (Frankenstein) *Psychological: 17c France, character's motivations (Flaubert Madame Bovary) Novels of Manners - correct answer -Stories that observe, explore, analyze the social behaviors of a specific time/place -Descriptions o...

ull mark essay written by an A* English Literature student, responding to the question: Female voices are only heard through men in dystopian fiction This style of question is found in Section B, Paper 2 of OCR A-level English Literature and covers AO1, AO3 and AO5. The texts analysed in this essay are ‘1984’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Please feel free to leave a review if you found this essay helpful and check out my other resources for 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale!

Dystopian Fiction Review questions and answers

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Dystopian Fiction Review

Individualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions Pre-Test 2024. Read the excerpt from Anthem. Perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. But men paid no heed to their warning. And they, these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. And they chose to perish, for they knew. To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity. The imagery of "a hopeless battle" helps to develop the theme that group thinking limi...

A* A-level English The Handmaid's Tale essay titled: Explore how Atwood presents an unsettling dystopian world in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.