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Year 11 Summer WorkAQA A Level English Literature BThere are three tasks that will help you prepare for A Level English Literature:Suggested research and preparation tasksA recommended reading listDebate topicsSuggested Research and Preparation TasksResearch the criteria for a tragedy, including what makes a tragic heroPick any fictional character from a book or film that you think qualifies as a tragic hero. Write an analysis of how the character fits the criteria.Research either feminist or Marxist literary theoryPick any text (one of your own favourites or one that you studied at school) and try to apply a feminist or Marxist approach. How equal are the gender roles in the story? Are the female characters strong and independent individuals or submissive victims? What is the significance of social class and wealth in the story?Recommended ReadingRead any of the classic texts below and write a review on one side of A4The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyWuthering Heights by Emily BronteFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Power by Naomi AldermanThe Magic Toyshop by Angela CarterOranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathI Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEnduring Love by Iain McEwanNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Blueist Eye by Toni MorrisonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCatcher in the Rye by J.D. SallingerLiterary Debate TopicsBelow are some statements about literature that you studied for GCSE. Pick one and argue your views – to what extent do you agree?Shakespeare wrote female characters very poorlyThe message in An Inspector Calls is just as important today, in 2020, as it was in 1945Mr Utterson should have done much more to help his friend Henry Jekyll in Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeThe parents are ultimately to blame for the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet It is appalling that the earliest poem written by a woman in Power and Conflict is ‘War Photographer’, which was written in the 1980sBy the end of Macbeth, it is impossible to feel any sympathy for Macbeth or Lady MacbethContext is not essential to appreciate good literatureThe language used by Priestley in An Inspector Calls is too plain and ordinaryOf all of the GCSE texts, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has the most to say about society and social traditionsThe GCSE and A Level syllabus should only contain books that have important messages about societyThe GCSE syllabus should include texts from around the worldLiterature is a powerful force for delivering political messagesDr Jekyll is a tragic hero ................
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