By familiar I mean reading through and recognising the main concepts that the module description asks for. In literary worlds, the main themes/concepts/keywords are:
1. investigate, experiment with and evaluate the ways texts represent and illuminate the complexity of individual and collective lives in literary worlds.
- investigate and evaluate: this is analytical skills basically
- experiment with: this is creative skills - they want you to express the many aspects of human experiences in your writing by creating worlds in your writing in new and innovative ways. This means practicing writing widely and then polishing it, in time for your exam - remember the ‘tell the truth but tell it slant’ post I made?
2. Students evaluate how ideas and ways of thinking are shaped by personal, social, historical and cultural contexts.
Basically, these are some of the key points they could ask for. For example, the question might require you to write an critical investigating how a text portrays new ways of thinking (perhaps mimetic of their personal contacts, yet at odds with their sociocultural paradigm?).
3. They extend their understanding of the ways that texts contribute to their awareness of the diversity of ideas, attitudes and perspectives evident in texts.
It’s saying to read widely! Also could be touched on in questions as well (e.g. something about creating a literary world where the protagonist encounters an entirely new world? Idk it sounds a bit bland tbh)
Basically like this - do you understand every part of the description? Can you write about all of those things, and express them in your creative pieces?
Anyone who is reading this, have a look at the module description online (just search it up) and continue breaking it down like I did here.
Also don’t be afraid to add things from your elective unit (s2) in your s1 piece, they are just types of literary worlds (e.g. mindscapes, upheaval, homelands). Hope this helped!
