English Literature A-Level
Literary genres
What Literary genres means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Literary genres
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The three major literary genres are prose, poetry and drama, and the three texts must collectively represent them.
Topics that use Literary genres
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- Academic collaboration
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