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General/Analysing Texts
How can a Crisp Packet be a Focus for A-Level Study? [3] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET03)
Genre [2] Jane Rickard
What is a Symbol? What is a Metaphor? Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats [2] Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET04)
What is a Linguistic Approach to a Literary Text? [2] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
The Concept of 'Literariness' or 'the Literary' [2] Katie Mullan & Francis O'Gorman
The Canon: How to Read Beyond Set Texts Simon Swift
How to Create Effective Arguments [2] Owen Clayton
Recommended for: Edexcel AO1 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
How to Read a Novel [2] Richard Brown
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
Text and Context: Othello [2] Laurence Publicover
Are Traditional Texts Really What They Seem? Turn of the Screw [2] Simon Swift
Are Traditional Texts Really What They Seem? Great Expectations [2] Simon Swift
Language
Forensic linguistics [3] Alison Johnson
How Barristers use Questions in the Case of Harold Shipman [3] Alison Johnson
What is a Symbol? What is a Metaphor? Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats [2] Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET04)
Why should we study grammar? [2] Alison Johnson
What is a Linguistic Approach to a Literary Text? [2] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
Prose
Narrative in The Great Gatsby Andrew Warnes
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET03, 6ET04)
The Great Gatsby and the Roaring Twenties [2] Andrew Warnes
Recommended for: Edexcel AO4 (6ET03, 6ET04)
The Strange Career of Jim Crow [2] Andrew Warnes
Recommended for: Edexcel AO4 (6ET04)
Frankenstein in context [2] David Higgins
Authorial Intention: The Distraction of Autobiography? Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO4 (6ET01, 6ET03, 6ET04)
The Concept of 'Literariness' or 'the Literary' [2] Katie Mullan & Francis O'Gorman
Beyond AC Bradley & FR Leavis: The Critics & How to Handle Them [2] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO3 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
The Canon: How to Read Beyond Set Texts Simon Swift
Are Traditional Texts Really What They Seem? Turn of the Screw [2] Simon Swift
Are Traditional Texts Really What They Seem? Great Expectations [2] Simon Swift
Poetry
The Art of Comparison [2] Bridget Bennett
Recommended for: Edexcel AO3 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
What is a Symbol? What is a Metaphor? Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats [2] Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET04)
The Canon: How to Read Beyond Set Texts Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO4 (6ET04)
Beyond AC Bradley & FR Leavis: The Critics & How to Handle Them [2] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO3 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
Tackling Unseen Material [2] Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET03)
Keats’ Odes [3] John Whale
Studying William Blake in Context [2] David Higgins
Drama
How Words, Form and Structure Create Meaning: Women and Writing [2] Simon Swift
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
How does Shakespeare persuade us that his characters are using real speech? [2] Laurence Publicover
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET02, 6ET04)
Beyond AC Bradley & FR Leavis: The Critics & How to Handle Them [2] Alaric Hall
Recommended for: Edexcel AO3 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
The Canon: How to Read Beyond Set Texts Simon Swift
Language and Meaning in 'The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere' [2] David Higgins
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET04)
John Clare - Identity and Place [2] David Higgins
Recommended for: Edexcel AO4 (6ET04)
Introduction to Shakespeare's Texts [2] Jane Rickard
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET02, 6ET04)
Text and Context: Othello [2] Laurence Publicover
Studying English: From A-level to University
Managing your (Great) Expectations): Differences Between School and University [2] Owen Clayton
Studying English Literature at University [2] David Higgins
How to Read a Novel [2] Richard Brown
Recommended for: Edexcel AO2 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
How to Write Good Essays at Degree Level [2] Owen Clayton)
Recommended for: Edexcel AO1 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
How to Create Effective Arguments [2] Owen Clayton
Recommended for: Edexcel AO1 (6ET01, 6ET02, 6ET03, 6ET04)
Should I go to University? (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
How Much will University Cost? (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
Student Finance: Loans (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
Student Finance: Grants (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
Student Finance: Budgeting (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
Student Finance: Part-time Study (www.direct.gov.uk/yourfuture)
Employability/Career Paths of English Graduates
From University to Career (www.grb.uk.com)
Preparing for Interviews (Laura Trotter)
Writing a CV/Cover Letter (www.grb.uk.com)
Applying for Jobs (www.grb.uk.com)
