Possible+aspects


 * WORLD LITERATURE**

//The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Perfume//

Linking/essay questions

1. The significance of killing/murder in the novels.

2. The representation of love.

3. The representation of middle class morality.

4. The importance of socio-historical context to the understanding of the novels.

5. The extent to which women are marginalized in the novels

6. Comparison – importance of patterns of imagery

7. The individual’s conflict with society.

8. Gender issues - the representation of sexuality in the novels

9. Comparison – childhood experience

10. The theme of alienation – why, how, significance

ENGLISH A1 WORLD LIT TOPICS M. WILSON

How the actions of the head of family in X and Y helped to propel the plot.

How is the theme of death portrayed in X and Y?

The role of maternal figures in the development of the central characters and the moral critiques in X and Y

The use of stylistic devices to advance the moral conflict in A and Y respectively.

An exploration of the ways in which illicit love develops: the discontent of X in Y and A in B

An exploration of the effect the senses, taste, smell have on the sexual desires of the protagonists in Perfume and X

The extent to which love motivates the protagonists of X and Y to commit adultery

Dramatic depictions of women in the context of society

The active defiance of gender roles and societal expectations: an investigation into X and Y

The attainment of justice in life in X and Y

To what extent do X and Y succeed in breaking the chains of violence?

Hair as a symbol in X and Y

The setting in X and Y: T’s kitchen and C’s house as symbols of their individual worlds a and refuge

Religion in XX