You can only ace Module A: Textual Conversations, if you understand the Module rubric

The Poetry of John Donne and EdsonвЂ™s W t.

The poetry of Slyvia Plath and Ted Hughes.Keep your eyes out for upcoming guides on: Mrs Dalloway and The Hours вЂ“ Part 1 and Part 2.The Tempest and Hag-seed вЂ“ Part 1 and Part 2.Richard III and Looking for Richard вЂ“ Part 1 and Part 2.Unlike previous iterations of Module A, in this Module, the focus is more on the commonalities and differences between the texts, and how this was informed by different contexts at the time of writing. The personal circumstances of the composer of the text.The cultural and religious circumstances surrounding the creation of the texts.The details of the historical period the text was produced in.Context encompasses the circumstances surrounding the creation of a text. While you do need to consider the context of texts, it is not the sole focus. It goes without saying that this very much a one-way conversation as the older text cannot comment on the more recent one. They have a conversation, of sorts, because the more recent text is commenting on aspects of the olderВ texts. Д«oth of these combinations present texts that have a direct connection between them. Margaret AtwoodвЂ™s HagseedВ is a novel about a staging of ShakespeareвЂ™s The Tempest.Al PacinoвЂ™s Looking for RichardВ is a documentary about restaging Richard IIIВ for a United StatesвЂ™ audience in the 1990s.This вЂњtextual conversationвЂќ is facilitated by the very direct relationship between the texts.Д®ach pairing is made of an earlier text and a more recent text that is either a retelling of, commentary on, or engagement with the older text.ДЇor example, two of the prescribed combinations are Shakespearean plays and contemporary engagements with them: вЂTextual ConversationвЂ™ is a metaphor for texts sharing a relationship made up of themes, ideas, intertextuality and context. You will also consider the contexts of both texts and the effect this has on the texts meaning and possibly on its construction.

In a comparative study, you explore the content, themes, and construction of the texts. You will examine what they have in common and also how they differ. A comparative study is when you study two texts together and compare them.

Textual features