Comparative and contextual study

Section B — American Literature 1880–1940 Compare the ways in which two texts you have studied present the pursuit of wealth and its consequences (e.g. The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Age of Innocence). In your answer you should consider relevant contexts and different interpretations.

Section B — The Gothic Compare the ways in which two Gothic texts you have studied present houses or enclosed spaces (e.g. Dracula, The Bloody Chamber, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights). In your answer you should consider relevant contexts and different interpretations.

Section B — Dystopia Compare the ways in which two dystopian texts you have studied present the individual's resistance to the state (e.g. Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, Never Let Me Go). In your answer you should consider relevant contexts and different interpretations.

Section B — Women in Literature Compare the ways in which two texts you have studied present women's roles in work or marriage (e.g. Sense and Sensibility, Mrs Dalloway, The Color Purple, Tess of the D'Urbervilles). In your answer you should consider relevant contexts and different interpretations.

Section B — The Immigrant Experience Compare the ways in which two texts you have studied present the tension between keeping and losing a cultural identity (e.g. The Namesake, Brick Lane, The Lonely Londoners, Americanah). In your answer you should consider relevant contexts and different interpretations.