This section will cover the following topics

• Studying a novel
• Setting and atmosphere
• Opening pages
• Studying short stories
• Narrative viewpoint
• Studying non-fiction
• Characters and their development

If you have completed your studies at AS Level you will have already studied one prose text. As part of your A2 course you will be required to study one further prose text. In terms of set texts, the majority of prose texts set for study are novels although some specifications present options which include short stories and nonfiction works. Depending which specification you are following it is also possible that you will encounter extracts from non-fiction as well as fiction prose texts as part of your synoptic unit.