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Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching & learning material & coursework > Readers
Get to grips with set texts and be fully prepared for the AS/A
Level exam with the Modern Languages Oxford Literature Companions.
The Companions are written by experienced lecturers, teachers and
examiners and provide comprehensive coverage of characters, themes,
plot, language and context with activities in French to consolidate
your knowledge of the text. There are also extensive sections on
exam preparation and response planning, with a bank of annotated
sample answers and practice questions. This guide covers Un sac de
billes by Joseph Joffo. Modern Languages Oxford Literature
Companions are also available for selected Spanish and German set
texts.
Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers
the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages
facing the matching Spanish text. It introduces such authors as
Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Alarcon, Unamuno, and Dario, and such
works as "El buscon, Cartas marruecas, El estudiante de Salamanca,
"and" Santa." Contents include plays, lyric and narrative verse,
and prose of many kinds -- fiction, philosophy, autobiography, and
more -- for a generous sampling of the Spanish language's
extraordinarily diverse and rich literary history.
The selections begin at around 1550, at the outset of the 100 years
known as the Golden Age. Excerpts from the era's major genres and
authors include the works of three prominent playwrights, plus
pastoral and picaresque novels, religious meditations, and a report
from the New World. Three outstanding exponents of the
Enlightenment appear here, in addition to contributions from the
major Romantic playwrights and poets, several Realist and
Naturalist novelists, and the pillars of the Generation of 1898.
One-third of the selections are the works of Spanish-American
writers. Accurate and up to date, this new translation by Stanley
Appelbaum features a detailed Introduction with background on all
of the writers and their works.
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