Comparitive!!!

cartman444

hey im just wondering in the comparitive question for english(higher) if there is a question saying for example example ''describe the cultural context'' throughout the texts you have studied can you just make comparisons between say text 1 and 2, and then compare 1 and 3, and 2 and 3 within paragraphs or must it be more structured?:rolleyes:

Devil5434

You can do it any way you want to, compare 1 and 3 in first paragrah and then 2 and 1 is second etc...It doesn't matter the way you compare, its the quality!

cartman444

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1huge1

Ya im counting on cultural context aswell, find it much easier

is the other two they can ask you ''literary genre'' (hate) and ''images and visualpoint''? because I was looking at the 2006 or maybe 2005 paper and they had themes instead, which would be very handy

Mars Bar

AGH! I'm only (not even)sorted for Theme. Cultural Context came up last year...

GLaDOS

Im grand for cultural context and theme, hate literary genre though

PurpleFistMixer

We don't do literary genre, but from what I've heard it sounds like the best one. Technical stuff. Bleh. I hope cultural context comes up, it waay easier than theme...

1huge1

We never did vision and viewpoint...

Hate literary genre so taking a little gamble because im only studying cultural context and theme, all the same one of those are all most guranteed.

If my choices are literary genre and vision and viewpoint im so screwed

Crania

For the 2008 Comparative, we only do three things; Cultural Context, Literary Genre and Theme/Issue.

Vision/Viewpoint was on the course last year, not this year.

So basically if you study two out of Cultural Context, Literary Genre and Theme/Issue, you are 100% safe for the exam as only one of the three comes up.

Personally, I'm studying Cultural Context and Literary Genre. I didn't really like Theme/Issue and found CC and LG much easier.

Yuugib

Cultural contex is easy enough, but personaly i like the theme/issue bit better. Hope that will compe up tomorrow eh... roll on the morning..

LayLay

Our teacher told us to plan out an essay for Genre. I have been working on it for the last few days and am getting nowhere! It's so difficult. :mad: I hope Theme comes up in June thats all I can say! I think that's the easiest one of the lot.

1huge1

paper 1 tomorrow (not worries)
paper 2 thursday,
for othello just learning about othello, iago and womans rights etc
for comparative learning cultural context and theme/issue

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boland
plath
larkin
donne

Corruptedmorals

CoolCiaran wrote: »

one of the three comes up.

Ehhh, no, 2 out of 3 come up.

I did CC last year, I got almost full marks. The way I did it was taking religion or something first, then comparing text 1,2,3 against each other, using words like 'similarly' blahhh. I was completely unable to keep to the time limit on CC though (could on theme) so it ran to 6 pages and cut everything else short. So ehh timing, stick to the 70 minutes.

stev2604

CoolCiaran wrote: »

Personally, I'm studying Cultural Context and Literary Genre. I didn't really like Theme/Issue and found CC and LG much easier.

Cultural Context came up last year, so it'll more than likely be Theme/Issue and Literary Genre this year. I'm banking on them anyway.

1huge1

stev2604 wrote: »

Cultural Context came up last year, so it'll more than likely be Theme/Issue and Literary Genre this year. I'm banking on them anyway.

ya but the pre's are completely random to be honest

for the leaving your probably right

stev2604

1huge1 wrote: »

ya but the pre's are completely random to be honest

for the leaving your probably right

Oh sorry I thought you meant the Leaving. Yeah for the Pre's it doesn't really matter.

thewildone

anyone have any idea of the comparative for Ordinary level???:)

1huge1

had my comparative yesterday.. (honours sorry the wildone)
I actually did a lot better than I expected
wrote about 4 and a half pages (for part i and ii of themes and issues)
wrote on truman show, philadelphia here i come and old school