Introduction; BEGINNING: 1. What does the study of language and literature mean at A Level? 2. Text producers and receivers; 3. Mode and genre; 4. Variation, register and representation; 5. Narrative; 6. Language level 1: Lexis and semantics; 7. Language level 2: Grammar; 8. Language level 3: Phonetics, phonology and prosodics; 9. Language level 4: Graphology; 10. Language level 5: Pragmatics; 11. Language level 6: Discourse; 12. Analysing texts; 13. Literature and literariness; 14. Becoming an investigator; DEVELOPING: Introduction to Telling stories; 15. Remembered places; 15.1 Introduction to the anthology; 15.2 Why Paris?; 15.3 Remembering places; 15.4 Re-creative writing and Remembered places; 15.5 Places, people and events; 15.6 Metaphor; 15.7 Genre; 15.8 Bringing it all together: AS Level; 15.9 Bringing it all together: A Level; 16. Imagined worlds; 16.1 The fantasy genre; 16.2 Setting up fictional worlds; 16.3 Characterisation; 16.4 Point of view; 16.5 Interpretations of fantasy; 16.6 Bringing it all together: AS Level; 16.7 Bringing it all together: A Level; 17. Poetic voices; 17.1 Introduction; 17.2 The set texts and approaching the poetry anthology; 17.3 Analysing poetry from a language perspective; 17.4 Voice; 17.5 Voice in poetry through time; 17.6 Language and poetic voice; 17.7 Bringing it all together: AS Level; 17.8 Bringing it all together: A Level; Introduction to Exploring conflict; 18. Writing about society; 18.1 Literature, society and re-creative writing; 18.2 Re-creative writing, from the exploratory and experimental to the targeted and strategic; 18.3 Commentary: analytical explanations of re-creative writing; 18.4 Bringing it all together; 19. Dramatic encounters; 19.1 Exploring conflict; 19.2 Representing turn-taking; 19.3 Representing speech and meaning; 19.4 Exploring dramatic conventions; 19.5 Psychological and social drama: Williams, Miller and Kinnear; 19.6 Creating characters; 19.7 Power and positioning; 19.8 The importance of politeness; 19.9 Exploring themes; 19.10 Bringing it all together; 20. Making connections; 20.1 What is Making connections?; 20.2 Choosing connections; 20.3 Thinking about texts; 20.4 Thinking about non-literary connections; 20.5 Thinking about topics; 20.6 Choosing methodologies; 20.7 Data collection methods; 20.8 Ethical considerations; 20.9 Working with spoken data; 20.10 How much literary and non-literary material?; 20.11 Devising research questions; 20.12 Selecting language levels; 20.13 Analysis: structuring connections; 20.14 Reading and writing critically; 20.15 Academic conventions: References; 20.16 Exploring connections; 20.17 Keeping context in mind; 20.18 Bringing it all together; ENRICHING: 21. Remembered places; 22. Imagined worlds; 23. Poetic voices; 24. Writing about society; 25. Dramatic encounters; 26. Making connections; References; Index; Acknowledgements