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    Public vs private man - JFK

    im doing, family, marriage and war hero but it takes me about 5 A4 pages to do all that, so i think im doing them in enough depth, i think u would have to do at the minimum 2 areas, but the more areas u do the less detail u will be able to do them in. So if u are doing 2 they would have to be...
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    kennedy

    that helps a great deal thanks man just in regards to some revisionists presenting a balanced analytical view, i really dont address this much, like i have points on which camelot and revisionists agree, like the leadership of kennedy in the cuban missile crisis being positive, or that he did...
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    kennedy

    Smoked salmon u sound like u know the answer to my q. "Then talking about the revisionists and the reasons for their views on Kennedy." What are the reasons for the revisionist views on kennedy, i know all about wat they are saying, and i know that the camelot historians are sympathetic...
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    question 1 - Genre

    i did 2 prescribed and 4 related. 2 related in depth (one like 3 and a half pages) and the other 2 only about a page on each, i wrote 15 all up (pages) with approx 10-11 words a line
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    badly sketched you do understand what genre theory is and you're approach is pretty good, i adress the portray of women in CF in my essay too, as for actually mentioning Genre Theory, its prolly not essential if youre talking about all the concepts it entails, but it might be worthwhile paying...
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    Genre

    well ive only read a few christie books but ive noticed that the war books like "taken at the flood" are a bit different in style and thematic concerns to what i regard as her more "cosy" books like "the mystery of the blue train" i dont adress the wartime books like evil under the sun at all...
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    Genre

    well ive only read a few christie books but ive noticed that the war books like "taken at the flood" are a bit different in style and thematic concerns to what i regard as her more "cosy" books like "the mystery of the blue train" i dont adress the wartime books like evil under the sun at all...
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    Genre

    My understanding of genre is that there will be a fundamental core that texts must subscribe to in order to be part of the genre such as mystery in crime fiction, but that the other conventions will adapt and change in accordance with the values of the society that the texts was composed in and...
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    Genre

    My understanding of genre is that there will be a fundamental core that texts must subscribe to in order to be part of the genre such as mystery in crime fiction, but that the other conventions will adapt and change in accordance with the values of the society that the texts was composed in and...
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    inspector Hound need help-crime fic

    hes saying a couple of things, 1) he is ridiculing the middle class burgeouis values of cosy fiction and the middle class society presented in it. 2) he is also ridiculing the concepts that Crime Fiction such as the ability of cosy detectives to come to unlikely (yet correct) conclusions from...
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    Uai

    well predicted ranges from 95-98.5 but seeing as how well the exams have been going so far id like to expect 98+ but yeah i can just see massive dissapointment for myself down the line when i come out with 93, so i wont get my hopes up... too late
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    Relax badly sketched, i cant speak for the others but everything i write is a bunch of intellectual wank (just like genre theory) that has little substance and just looks good. You can portray the same kind of things with less fancy language without jeopardising your marks as long as what ur...
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    Guys just rang the advice line and they told me that we are not guaranteed to have 1 creative piece despite the fact it has been included the last 2 years. Its possible we could get 2 essays. Whats more the subject of these essays can be one general genre and one CF specific, or 2 CF specific...
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    meow, wat u just said described how i felt like 2 nights ago, theres not much to it, most of it is implied, its really just alot of intellectual wank. the basic premise (as far as my understanding goes) is that genre will adapt to reflect to values of society, so you just look at the context of...
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    Related texts?!

    Mines a bit weird, i discuss in depth Miss Smillas feeling for snow, and Blade Runner, but then only make passing reference to The work of Agatha christie and Poe and Conan-doyle. Im having problems keeping my essay down to 1 hour though, i wrote for 40 minutes and had only just finished taking...
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    another prescribed texts issue

    dont just rely on me but i would say it is not, you could still acheive a top band result using 2 prescribed texts (as well as related) assuming that you are able to show using these 2 texts that you fully understand the concepts inherent in your module. In other words if you can say all you...
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    Nick mate, your a champion thanks heaps for your help i have at least a better idea now of what i am doing (still not perfect), i would have been lost without your help. Good luck with the exam but you sound like you dont need it. Does neone else have opinions or ideas on the issues/questions...
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    Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP

    ok well thanks for your help. I'm still having trouble seeing how I can apply Genre theory to some questions asking us to talk about our prescribed texts. I can see how i could discuss the genre of crime fiction, but insights on genre theory as a whole would go unused. In terms of practice...
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    Genre Theory

    That really helps elfgal, since that time i have done a bit of research on genre theory. Seeing as you seem to know what your talking about could u please please please read and reply to my post "Basic Response for Genre Theory Q, Problem with 2 Q's HELP HELP HELP " which should be just below...
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