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Great War Literature e-Book Study Guide on "Not About Heroes"

Great War Literature e-Book Study Guide on "Not About Heroes"
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This Literature Study Guide includes notes on:

Introduction: A concise summary of the play Not About Heroes by Stephen MacDonald;


Synopsis: Detailed outline of the main events and conversations depicted in the two acts of this play;


Main Points of Interest: Very brief summary of the acts - particularly useful in revision;


Biographies: As the characters involved are real people, we have provided detailed biographies for Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. In addition, there are also biographical details on others mentioned in the play, such as Robert Graves, Robbie Ross, Edward Marsh, H. G. Wells and Arnold Bennett;


Themes: In this section of the Study Guide we explain the main themes of the play. The topics covered are:

  • Male Relationships
  • Feelings about the War
Comparison: Here we provide a valuable critical assessment of the use of factual details in works of fiction. The pieces studied include: Regeneration by Pat Barker, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry, Journey's End by R C Sherriff and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

General Advice to students: Useful tips on examination techniques.

Further Reading: Useful suggestions of books, with brief descriptions, that we believe enhance the reader's understanding of the play.

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SKU SKU16295  
Pages 73
Author W Lawrance
Format Non-printable Adobe Acrobat PDF
 
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Monday, April 2, 2012

We are pleased to announce that, today sees the launch of a new Teacher Resource package on our web site covering the novel BIRDSONG by Sebastian Faulks

INCLUDED in the package is a 12 month subscription to 51 web-based teaching aid "slides" together with access to all relevant analysis, synopsis, comparison and criticism (totally approximately 27,000 words) from our GWLSRC digital library, all of which is able to be viewed interactively online, or printed out.

Also included are 36 Discussion Points which can be used within the classroom, or as personal study topics. They also provide useful ideas for individual essay titles and subjects.

The aims of these "slides" are to assist teachers - either by direct use in the classroom, or as an aid to developing other areas of study. Students should, by the time they have finished using this package, be able to fully understand the novel and the literary methods employed by the author, making them better prepared for both coursework and examination modules.

This is just the fouth of our Teacher Resource Packages, adding to our existing, popular Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas resources.

For further details of the Birdsong Teacher Resource Package, please click here.

For a demonstration of our Teacher Resource Packages, please click here, then click on "S.I.W" under "EVALUATION SAMPLE". This free sample lesson presentation is from our Wilfred Owen OCR AS F661 package and illustrates the content and layout style. Please note the supporting poem analysis and biography information for the evaluation sample is not available without a subscription.

For further details of our forthcoming titles, please click here.

Also available is our FREE online magazine at www.gwlmagazine.com which provide useful background articles and downloadable content.



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