Reading prose

The Living Literature series has been written to meet new developments in the teaching of AS/A level English Literature and AS/A level English Language and Literature.

The series is designed to fulfil assessment objectives for the specifications from 2000 onwards for all examining boards.

Essentially practical books, the Living Literature series provides a wealth of material to inform and stimulate students.

The series covers broad perspectives on literature alongside close textual analysis and offers enjoyable activities and investigations throughout.

Reading Prose encourages students to explore different ways of reading texts and explains how to apply critical approaches.

Popular authors are studied such as Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Dickens and Bronte, alongside less familiar contemporary fiction and non-fiction texts.

The aim of the book is to develop independent opinions and judgements effectively through consideration of a wide variety of interpretations of literary texts and through encompassing the origins and development of the novel and the rise of literary criticism. Reading Prose contains a wide range of activities including creative writing tasks to develop students' understanding of all aspects of narrative structure.