I am super interested in both and know I can go in depth since they're both feminist retellings of greek mythology, however I like the sound of 'em both so I can't choose lol. Does anyone believe that one of these novels may be easier to gain top-marks in? I'm aiming for A* or B(lowest).
can't choose Circe by Madeline Miller or The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood cuz they both lit so which will get me better grade
[edit: AQA, sorry forgot]
Okay so I've been desperately trying to find people to talk to about whether I should choose Dante's Inferno for one of my coursework texts. I've been told it'd be extremely hard and also there isn't really a good text to compare it to that is short or that it'd be equally as hard as Inferno.
I legit am not interested in any other text and wanna study it but don't wanna regret it halfway and realise I've just doomed myself. so basically I'm hoping some adult with expertise sees this cuz I need advice on if it is A-LEVEL FRIENDLY!!!!! (all texts I would've done are on the list that can't be done due to them being taught at a-level)
-for references, I've just got a penguin classics kirkpatrick ver of inferno and am a somewhat capable student with predicted A*'s in my other 2 subjects just Literature is killin me and I wanna actually read a book that I ENJOY.
I'm kinda thrown off by the amount of contextual knowledge needed ONLY because I feel like I prolly don't have the time to study the book well enough to get top-marks (I've also got my other subjects + studying our actual set texts and need top marks in everything)
I also need to compare it to another book which preferably is significantly short to balance out my time! No idea what book would be comparable to reach top marks. For ref, I have the Penguin Classics Robin Kirkpatrick translation of Inferno. Thanks!
-edit: I want to compare/write about my texts using Literary value and the canon. That's my chosen lens since classics interest me. Other options for our essays were things like a marxist lens, feminist, eco-critical etc (just for context idk)