Most marks are lost to writing the wrong kind of essay, not to having bad ideas. Each of these is a different job. The picture beside each one is the shape of the argument.
Every thinker on the syllabus uses one of these. Two people using different methods will often seem to disagree while never actually touching each other — spotting that is worth marks.
Method is how they fight. Lens is what they think matters. Any reading is one method plus one lens — that pair is the whole filing system.
Every term you are expected to already know, said plainly once.
All fifty-one readings. One plain sentence each — and every card opens into a small foundation: the story, the one concept to own, an analogy that makes it stick, and the question that tells you whether you have it.