Hamlet
Shakespear: The Animated Tales, YouTube
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English Literature summer work
Overview
Welcome to English Literature at Hills Road. We really hope that you enjoy your time with us.
The work
Below, please see the summer work we have set in order to prepare you for classes starting in September.
Compulsory work should not exceed 5 hours.
We will start with a look at contemporary poetry through the anthology Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry (2015) ISBN: 9780571325405. Read the poems by Patience Agbabi, Simon Armitage, Ros Barber and Ian Duhig. The first few lessons will ask what contemporary poetry is ‘like’. Please bring with you some writing (about one side of A4) reflecting on your experience of contemporary poetry, its themes, style and what you like and dislike about it. Watch the interview with Simon Armitage (link below) as a starting point. Do you consider poetry a form of dissent? Do you consider being an English Literature student a form of dissent?
Digital resources
Please refer to these digital resources as part of your Summer Work preparation.
Hamlet
Shakespear: The Animated Tales, YouTube
Simon Armitage: 'poetry is a form of dissent'
The Guardian, YouTube
John Keats - The Eve of St. Agnes
YouTube
BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’
A list of genre-busting novels that have shaped and influenced our thinking over the last 300 years
A great poetry resource
Poetry Foundation, website
Recommended course book
| Book title | HAMLET: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (WORDSWORTH CLASSICS) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781853260094 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | OSCAR WILDE (DOVER THRIFT) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780486264783 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (WORDSWORTH CLASSICS) : THOMAS HARDY |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781853260056 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | MRS DALLOWAY: VIRGINIA WOOLF (WORDSWORTH CLASSICS) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781853261916 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | SELECTED POEMS: KEATS: JOHN KEATS (PENGUIN CLASSICS: POETRY) ED JOHN BARNARD |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780140424478 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | SMALL ISLAND: ANDREA LEVY |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780755307500 |
| Digital version | N/A |
| Book title | POEMS OF THE DECADE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FORWARD BOOKS OF POETRY |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780571325405 |
| Digital version | N/A |
