Study notes and essays that were written for the subject English (Extension 1).
Crime Fiction notes
Study notes for English (Ext 1) students studying Crime Fiction. Covers: The Big Sleep; Snow Falling On Cedars; and The Real Inspector Hound.
Subversions and exploitations of crime fiction
Comprehensive crime fiction essay that examines four different texts (two prescribed + two supplementary) in terms of their conformance to, and subversion of, conventions of the genre.
The Big Sleep essay
Detailed evaluation of the movie 'The Big Sleep' (and another text) in terms of conventions of the crime fiction genre, and in terms of how they portray social attitudes and beliefs.
