English Literature A-Level
Institutional crisis and secularisation
What Institutional crisis and secularisation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The play exposes the institutional crisis and personal crises of faith within a secularising society, reflecting societal anxieties about traditional institutions in modern Britain.
Topics that use Institutional crisis and secularisation
- 5e. Literature post-1900 (Non-exam assessment component) suggested texts - RELIGION IN LITERATURE (OCR A-Level)
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