The Modern Novel : Critical Approaches

A three-part publication: approaches to the modern novel; study material on Regeneration and Enduring Love with interviews on DVD.

This resource includes excellent classroom material on the two novels, as well as an invaluable sequence of approaches to any modern novel. * A substantial introductory section, with practical approaches and activities for use with any modern novel, including: narrative voice; characters and characterisation; the structure of novels; the differences between story and plot; the history of the modern novel; what makes a novel 'modern'; its wider literary and cultural context. * Extensive study material on Enduring Love by Ian McEwan and Regeneration by Pat Barker, with contextual material and critical interpretations, to develop students' understandings about literary study. * Contextual material on Regeneration - invaluable preparation for unseen or synoptic examinations based on writing about the First World War. * A DVD including interviews with Pat Barker and Ian McEwan, in which they explore key aspects of the texts; short extracts from the film of Regeneration, to support the study of the book and comparative work on the book and the film.