Forming your response
Students need to know their text very well
Including – Context
Character analysis
Themes & issues explored in the text(s) and how these are developed
Structural techniques specific to medium and/or composer
Language/ visual/ filmic/ dramatic techniques used and how they help construct meaning
Including – Context
Character analysis
Themes & issues explored in the text(s) and how these are developed
Structural techniques specific to medium and/or composer
Language/ visual/ filmic/ dramatic techniques used and how they help construct meaning
Textual Integrity
Textual integrity is achieved when all components of the text – style, characterisation, form, language, etc - combine to form a cohesive whole. The Board of Studies defines textual integrity as “the unity of a text; its coherent use of form and language to produce an integrated whole in terms of meaning and value.”
Thus, you will have to demonstrate how your text displays a unity of form and language to produce meaning and value over a wide range of contexts, including your own.
For example: The plot, characters and language in Hamlet all work to reinforce the theme of decay and corruption.
Thus, you will have to demonstrate how your text displays a unity of form and language to produce meaning and value over a wide range of contexts, including your own.
For example: The plot, characters and language in Hamlet all work to reinforce the theme of decay and corruption.