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Component 02: Comparative and contextual study

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How do you study American Literature 1880 to 1940 as a Component 02 topic area, mastering its concerns, contexts and set texts?

American Literature 1880 to 1940 (H472/02 topic area): the topic's concerns (the American Dream, frontier and region, race and class, money and modernity, gender), its historical contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
How to study American Literature 1880 to 1940 as an OCR A-Level English Literature Component 02 topic area (H472/02): the topic's concerns (the American Dream, frontier and region, race and class, money and modernity, gender), its historical contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for both the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
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How do you study Dystopia as a Component 02 topic area, mastering its conventions, contexts and set texts for the unseen and the comparison?

Dystopia (H472/02 topic area): the conventions of dystopian fiction (the controlling state, surveillance, conformity and the individual, language and propaganda, the warning), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
How to study Dystopia as an OCR A-Level English Literature Component 02 topic area (H472/02): the conventions of dystopian fiction (the controlling state, surveillance, conformity and the individual, language and propaganda, the warning), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for both the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
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How do you study The Gothic as a Component 02 topic area, mastering its conventions, contexts and set texts for the unseen and the comparison?

The Gothic (H472/02 topic area): the conventions of Gothic fiction (terror and horror, transgression, the uncanny, confinement, the sublime), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
How to study The Gothic as an OCR A-Level English Literature Component 02 topic area (H472/02): the conventions of Gothic fiction (terror and horror, transgression, the uncanny, confinement, the sublime), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for both the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
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How do you study The Immigrant Experience as a Component 02 topic area, mastering its concerns, contexts and set texts?

The Immigrant Experience (H472/02 topic area): the topic's concerns (migration and displacement, identity and belonging, assimilation and resistance, generation and language, home and exile), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
How to study The Immigrant Experience as an OCR A-Level English Literature Component 02 topic area (H472/02): the topic's concerns (migration and displacement, identity and belonging, assimilation and resistance, generation and language, home and exile), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for both the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
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How do you study Women in Literature as a Component 02 topic area, mastering its concerns, contexts and set texts for the unseen and the comparison?

Women in Literature (H472/02 topic area): the topic's central concerns (women's constraint and agency, the body, voice and narration, the gaze, patriarchy and resistance), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
How to study Women in Literature as an OCR A-Level English Literature Component 02 topic area (H472/02): the topic's central concerns (women's constraint and agency, the body, voice and narration, the gaze, patriarchy and resistance), its contexts, and the core set texts, prepared for both the unseen extract and the comparative essay.
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