Coursework essay and Frankenstein reading

Complete your coursework essays and hand them in at the start of next term.

Finish reading 'Frankenstein' Remember that you need to read the novel several times before the exam. Use your reading journal notes to help you become a critical reader. Ask questions, make connections, consider contexts and evaluate ideas.

Read this interesting article by Germaine Greer to get you thinking critically.

Frankenstein - the first volume

What has been established in the first eight chapters of 'Frankenstein'? Consider themes and contexts. Post comments on your blog.

Coursework essay and Frankenstein Reading Journals

You are advised to submit your coursework essay by Tuesday 6 December. By this date post reading journal entries for chapters 1 - 8 of 'Frankenstein' on your blog.

Don't summarise each chapter, just pick out contextual points and note any key quotations. Focus your responses on possible interpretations of the novel as suggested by each chapter. A brief summary of what is discussed in class will suffice.

Macbeth timed essay

Prepare for a 'Macbeth' timed essay to be written on Monday 28 November: "At the end the play Malcolm describes Macbeth as a "butcher". Do you think that Macbeth is merely portrayed as a "butcher"?'

Also, continue to read 'Frankenstein'.

Macbeth essay

Choose one of the essay titles presented and discussed in class and write it up with close reference to the assessment objectives. To be handed in on Monday 21 November.

Complete Macbeth Reading Journals

Complete 'Macbeth' Reading Journals for every act by Monday 14 November. Read 'Frankenstein' up to chapter 4.

Macbeth Reading Journals

Complete reading journals up to the end of Act 4 of 'Macbeth' by Monday 7 November.

Draft of coursework essay

A draft fo your coursework essay is due in on Monday 31 October.

Analysing Act Two of 'Macbeth'

Looking closely at extracts from Act Two of 'Macbeth' show how Shakespeare creates mood and atmosphere. Analyse language used, particularly the imagery. To be handed in on Monday 17 October as an essay of between 500 and 600 words.

Macbeth Reading Journals Act One

Post reading journals on your blog for Act One of 'Macbeth' by Monday 10 October. Reflect on the gothic elements and comment on how language, form and structure convey meanings. Analyse rather than describe.

What's gothic about 'Macbeth'?

What are the gothic elements in Act One of 'Macbeth'? After working on Act One post about 300 words on your blog summing up the notes made in class.

Marxist analysis

Apply the ideas about Marxist criticism from the Critical Anthology to any text you have read, preferably one of the texts chosen for your coursework essay.

Write about 200 words. To be posted on your blog by Monday 26 September.

Coursework

Produce a title for your comparative coursework essay. Start to plan out a structure and be prepared to discuss it in a tutorial meeting. Also, read about how we can define gothic literature. What are its main characteristics?