Year 12 - Snow Child H/W

Angela Carter uses material from fairy tales and myth as inspiration for her modern gothic short stories. Read a synopsis of the Snow White fairy tale - a simple one can be found here. Then re-read Carter's 'The Snow Child' and complete these questions in note form. In your answers, consider the views Atwood puts forward in her dialogue 'There Was Once' about the conventions of the fairy tale genre. Also consider how Carter has re-interpreted the original story to create something new.

Due next lesson. DB

Introduction to the Gothic - Year 12

Your exam unit for the A2 course will cover 3 or 4 texts from the Gothic genre. Before studying Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber', it is important you have some understanding of what we mean when we talk about 'the Gothic'. Read David Punter's emagazine article on the subject here.

Gothic Themes - Year 13 H/W

Below are our podcasts on gothic themes. Your homework is to listen to each one. After you have listened/downloaded each one you must text at least one question to our poll.

Text 1174 and your question/comment to +447624806527

Setting
Uncertainty/unsettling the reader
Characters
The Supernatural
Horror and Terror

The Bloody Chamber - Revision

Men and Women
Oppression and Power