Module A - Donne and Edson - HSC English Study Notes
Module A - Donne and Edson study notes have been composed specifically to target the requirements for the HSC English Module A - the poetry of Johne Donne and Margaret Edson's Wit.
HSC English Module A - Johne Donne and Margaret Edson
What’s Included in Your 30 page Study Notes on Module A - Donne and Edson:
MODULE A-‐ Paper 2
- Understanding the texts selected for Module A: Elective 1 : Inter textual Connections
- Poetry of John Donne and Margaret Edson’s Wit.
I. DONNE
- a. Overview
- i. Love poetry
- ii. Holy Sonnets
- b. Context
- i. Political upheaval
- ii. Influence of religion
- iii. Renaissance Humanism
- iv. The Elizabethan world order
II. EDSON
- a. Overview
- b. Context
- i. Spiritual uncertainty and influence of secularism
- ii. Patriarchy
- iii. The deference to technocrats
- iv. Individualism and power
III. THEME 1: LOVE (A Valediction Forbidding Mourning)
- a. A Valediction Forbidding Mourning and the theme of Love
- b. Wit and the theme of Love
- c. Comparison of texts
IV. Theme 2: Death (Death Be Not Proud)
- a. Death Be Not Proud and the theme of death
- b. Wit and the theme of Death
- c. Comparison of texts
V. THEME 3: Salvation and mercy (This is my playes last scene)
- a. This Is My Playes Last Scene and the theme of Mercy and Salvation
- b. Wit and the theme of salvation and mercy
- c. Comparison of texts
HSC Notes on Module A - Donne and Edson - The Perfect Study Companion
