English Lit: AQA A Level Atonement - Specification B revision notes
1 Introduction to Atonement
1.1 Introduction & Background to Atonement
1.2 Focus of Your Exam: Crime Texts
2 Chapter Summaries & Analysis: Part One
2.1 Chapter 1
2.2 Chapter 2
2.3 Chapter 3
2.4 Chapter 4
2.5 Chapter 5
2.6 Chapter 6
2.7 Chapter 7
2.8 Chapter 8
2.9 Chapter 9
2.10 Chapter 10
2.11 Chapter 11
2.12 Chapter 12
2.13 Chapter 13
2.14 Chapter 14
3 Chapter Summaries & Analysis: Part Two
3.1 Pages 191-201: To the Farmhouse
3.2 Pages 202-213: The Night in the Barn
3.3 Pages 214-226: The Attack
3.4 Pages 226-234: Robbie's Reflections
3.5 Pages 234-246: To the Bridge over the Canal
3.6 Pages 246-254: Arrival at Dunkirk
3.7 Pages 254-265: To the Cellar
4 Chapter Summaries & Analysis: Part Three
4.1 Pages 269-277: London, 1940
4.2 Pages 277-286: Briony as Writer
4.3 Pages 287-315: Victims of War
4.4 Pages 315-327: Lola & Paul Marshall’s Wedding
4.5 Pages 328-349: The Visit
5 Chapter Summaries & Analysis: Part Four
5.1 Epilogue: London, 1999 - Pages 353-371
6 Key Character Profiles
6.1 Briony Tallis
6.2 Robbie Turner
6.3 Cecilia Tallis
6.4 Lola Quincey
6.5 Paul Marshall
6.6 Emily Tallis
7 Key Themes
7.1 Introduction to Crime Texts
7.2 Crimes in Atonement
7.3 Criminals in Atonement
7.4 Victims in Atonement
7.5 Detection in Atonement
7.6 Settings in Atonement
7.7 Guilt & Punishment in Atonement
8 Writing Techniques
8.1 Structure
8.2 Form
8.3 Symbols & Motifs
8.4 Language
9 Context
9.1 Historical Context
9.2 Social Context
9.3 Literary Context
10 Critical Debates
10.1 Marxist Literary Criticism
10.2 Feminist Literary Criticism
