Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! who would have thought it?

And if you do not know which character in Pride and Prejudice is most likely to have made that speech, you need to read the novel more carefully....

As we reach the end of term, time to reflect. In the last 3 weeks:

- we have finished studying Auden, and talked about the ways that the six aspects of narrative are deployed in the poems
- we have thought in some detail about what is meant by those six aspects of narrative, and how they work in narrative poetry
- we have looked at the structure of the AS exam and in particular at what is required of you in Section B
- you (should) have finished reading Pride and Prejudice

We now move on to:

- looking at the way the narrative works in Pride and Prejudice
- considering the ways in which those six aspects of narrative are deployed in novels
- practising exam answers for Section B, using Auden, Austen and Keats

Over the holiday, then, your work is to:

- do some work on narrative method in Pride and Prejudice (I will give you a worksheet)
- ensure you understand and have a solid overview of the plot, characters and themes of the novel
- start to practice some Section B essay planning ( I will give you questions to work on)

There is a good, short, A Level study guide to Pride and Prejudice at http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/prose/prideandprejudice.htm, which I recommend you read, It is an intelligent discussion of the characters and themes of the novel. We will not have time to cover more than the narrative method of the novel in class, so you do need to spend some time on getting a solid grip on the plot etc.

Have a good Easter!

Dr S