English Literature – AQA English Literature Specification A

Home , Adrian Lester, David Haig, Rory Kinnear

Faculty of English – Home Learning

Please access the following to support your study and revision Year 12 English Literature – AQA English Literature Specification A

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-literature-a-7711-7712 Othello – William Shakespeare

Recommended film versions:-

Drama · 1995 · PG · English audio Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh star in a naturalistic version of Shakespeare's thrilling tale about the ... Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh Director: Oliver Parker

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE - OTHELLO (2013) Approx. Running minutes 220 dates 03/10/2013 Director(s) Nicholas Hytner Cast includes Adrian Lester, Rory Kinnear

Shakespeare: Othello [Hugh Quarshie; Lucian Msamati; Joanna Vanderham; Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Iqbal Khan RSC – 2016

Recommended audio version:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vsFO1mh4o Other useful links:-

Critical Readings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Q24Lv0z1Y

Mr Bruff (GCSE focus – but useful resource) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcBJkOhimE

Plot Summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocJqxiqfwpQ&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BRvglCDxTm4GzuuLeAXZDw2&index=2&t=0s

Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/

Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy

Recommended film versions:-

Tess [1979] - Nastassja Kinski (Actor), Roman Polanski (Director)

Tess of the D'Urbervilles [2008] Starring: Gemma Arterton , Hans Matheson , Eddie Redmayne , Directed by: David Blair

Recommended audio version:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cRPCqnqgsk Other useful links:-

Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/tess/

Victorian Web - http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/works.html

Free Resource - https://alevelenglit.wordpress.com/tess-of-the-durbevilles/

AQA Poetry Anthology

Poems:- https://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/as-and-a-level/english-literature-a/teach/anthology-love-poems-post-1900 Other useful links:- https://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/as-and-a-level/english-literature-a/teach/love-through-the-ages-resource-package

Regeneration – Pat Barker

Recommended film versions:-

1997 - Starring: Jonathan Pryce , James Wilby , Jonny Lee Miller , Directed by: Gillies MacKinnon

Other useful links:- https://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/as-and-a-level/english-literature-a/teach/ww1-and-its-aftermath

Sparknotes - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/regeneration/

Review - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/24/book-club-pat-barker-regeneration

My Boy Jack – David Haig

Recommended film versions:-

2007 - My Boy Jack Starring: Daniel Radcliffe , David Haig and Kim Cattrall