English Literature A-Level
Modern literary forms and techniques
What Modern literary forms and techniques means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Modern literary forms and techniques
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Forms used by contemporary authors or playwrights to address 21st-century anxieties and themes, analysed through AO1 and AO2 for Task 1.
Topics that use Modern literary forms and techniques
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- Breadth of reading
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- Component 01 (Drama and poetry pre-1900)
- Component 02 (Comparative and contextual study)
- Cross-genre comparison
- Curriculum breadth
- Form and structure
- Global Englishes
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