The Sublime and nature
What The Sublime and nature means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A meditation on the sublime, contrasting human attempts to impose order with the violent, fertile energy of the natural world.
A Gothic convention of the sublime landscape, which the novel uses and students must analyse.
Topics that use The Sublime and nature
- 5c. Component 01 – Drama and poetry pre-1900 selected poems - Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Selected Poems (OCR A-Level)
- 5d. Component 02 – Comparative and contextual study core and suggested set texts - Suggested set texts for Comparative and contextual study: The Gothic (OCR A-Level)
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