Enter the Young Film Critic of the Year Competition

The competition for Young Film Critic of the Year, run by Film Education, has just opened. Click the link to download an entry form. Your review can be in writing, video or podcast and there are lots of previous winners to view and give you ideas: http://www.youngfilmcritic.org/?utm_source=Edlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Edlines_2012-03-23
Closing Date is 21st December 2012.

Critical Reviews of 'Wuthering Heights'

See what literary critics thought of the novel at the time at http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/reviews.htm. Useful quotations for your Drama comparision essays here.

Earliest Dickens Film Footage Discovered

Check out this BBC link to a film discovered this February in the BFI archives. It's the death of poor Joe in 'Bleak House'. Amazing!

Useful links for your Drama Coursework

•www.victorianweb.org

•www.costumes.org

•http://www.gober.net/victorian/reports/prostit.html

•http://www.fathom.com/course/10701039/session4.html

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Victorian_era

•http://www.gober.net/victorian/reports/religion.html

•http://www.sylviamilne.btinternet.co.uk/plucked/vic.htm

Coming up with a Drama Coursework title

The title for the dramas c/w comes in three parts with the main focus on the play. You must also remember that AO3, which is not examined in the first coursework task, becomes the dominant AO for the drama task:
1. Explore connections and comparisons between different literary texts...
2. ... informed by interpretations of other readers.

Some coursework drama tasks which have generated successful outcomes in the past are:

• Compare and contrast Wilde's and Bronte's presentation of the relationships between different social classes in 'A Woman of No Importance' and 'Jane Eyre' in the light of the opinion that Wilde scorns only the nobility whereas Bronte scorns only the poor;
• Compare and contrast the presentation of female characters in Wilde's 'A Woman of No Importance' with Stoppard's 'Arcadia' in the light of the opinion that whereas Stoppard's females are cleverer than Wilde's, Wilde's females are ultimately more successful.

Your title could also be something like:
Explore the ways in which Oscar Wilde presents women in AWONI. How does this compare with Emily Bronte’s presentation of women in WH. Which is the more effective portrayal?

Essays comparing the relationship between characters work well e.g Explore the relationship between Mrs Arbuthnot (and whoever!). Compare their relationship with that of Kathy and Heathcliff. Which relationship do you find the most convincing?

Essays can be character or theme based but need to have the emphasis on the play (about 70%). You MUST explore alternative readings.