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Oxford Literature Companions: DNA
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Book Description
Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characters, themes, language, performance and contexts, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice
section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers DNA by Dennis Kelly.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Plot and Structure
- Plot
- Structure
- Context
- Biography of Dennis Kelly
- Theatre in the first decade of the 21st century
- Broad historical context
- Scientific advances and discoveries in the early 21st century
- Geographical context: the play’s setting
- Wider landscape of the play
- Cultural context: religion and science
- Social context: bullying
- Characters
- Phil
- Leah
- John Tate
- Richard
- Cathy
- Danny
- Brian
- Mark and Jan
- Lou
- Adam
- The adult world
- Character map
- Language
- Stage directions
- Dramatic language: characters’ dialogue
- Speech, fluency and social background
- Repetition: creating tone or atmosphere
- Themes
- Power within the group
- Power of bullies, peer-pressure and criminality
- Friendship, loyalty, sacrifice and betrayal
- Guilt and responsibility
- Other related themes
- Performance
- The play in production
- Director’s role: casting the actors
- Performers
- Stage setting
- Costume
- Props
- Lighting and sound
- Skills and Practice
- Exam skills
- Step 1: Make sure you know the play really well
- Step 2: Revise thoroughly
- Step 3: Improve your exam technique
- Step 4: Answer the question
- Sample questions
- Sample answers
- Exam skills
- Glossary
- Back Cover
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