Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World Study Guides

[lcmd]

Hey there,

I'm comparing these two novels for my AH English dissertation and I'm looking for some detailed study guides to either buy or borrow.

This is an example of what I'm talking about (although it does look a bit simplistic):

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Notes_on_Orwells_Nineteen_Eighty_four/9780764585852

Can any of you recommend me some good study guides?

Cheers

[myrna22]

Hey there,

I'm comparing these two novels for my AH English dissertation and I'm looking for some detailed study guides to either buy or borrow.

This is an example of what I'm talking about (although it does look a bit simplistic):

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Notes_on_Orwells_Nineteen_Eighty_four/9780764585852

Can any of you recommend me some good study guides?

Cheers

What is an AH dissertation? Are you a high school student or a university student? In either case, using Cliff Notes to prepare a desertation seems fundamentally wrong. Find critical essays on these books from professional critics or academics. I teach college prep English literature; my students are not allowed to use things like Cliff Notes as sources. Find something written by true scholars; Cliff Notes tell you what to think rather than opening up avenues of thinking.

[lcmd]

What is an AH dissertation? Are you a high school student or a university student? In either case, using Cliff Notes to prepare a desertation seems fundamentally wrong. Find critical essays on these books from professional critics or academics. I teach college prep English literature; my students are not allowed to use things like Cliff Notes as sources. Find something written by true scholars; Cliff Notes tell you what to think rather than opening up avenues of thinking.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I am in my last year of high school. Advanced Higher (AH) is basically the highest pre-university qualification you can achieve in Scotland. It is equivalent to the first year of university, so it's pretty hard :P

I was never going to use Cliff Notes (hence "although it does look a bit simplistic"). I was only using it as an example to illustrate what I was talking about, as it was the first study guide that I came across.

Do you know where I will be able to find these essays and articles? Will there be some available on the internet or will I need to look in my local library?

Thanks again :)

[myrna22]

Thanks for your suggestions.

I am in my last year of high school. Advanced Higher (AH) is basically the highest pre-university qualification you can achieve in Scotland. It is equivalent to the first year of university, so it's pretty hard :P

I was never going to use Cliff Notes (hence "although it does look a bit simplistic"). I was only using it as an example to illustrate what I was talking about, as it was the first study guide that I came across.

Do you know where I will be able to find these essays and articles? Will there be some available on the internet or will I need to look in my local library?

Thanks again :)

The courses I teach are also equivalent to first year university. You need to find literary criticism on the two novels. It depends where you are as far as finding them in libraries. If you are in an urban area with a university library, I would go there and ask the librarians to help you. Otherwise, google the names of the works followed by 'literary criticism.' Check out the source as well as you can. You should be using established academics and scholars as references, people who are published.