English Literature A-Level
Constructing character and theme
What Constructing character and theme means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Treating characters as authorial tools, analysing the language and structural devices used to build them and construct themes.
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- Academic expression
- Academic register and coherence
- Application of literary terminology
- Authorial intent
- Authorial methods and craft
- Comparative analysis
- Comparative literary analysis
- Comparative structure
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