Comparative — Values, Power, and Perspective (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Camus's core value
Camus's core value
Individual absurd philosophy & detached observation
Daoud's counter-value
Daoud's counter-value
Collective postcolonial memory & passionate grief
Paratactic style
Paratactic style
Short, simple sentences used by Meursault
Musa's role
Musa's role
Named victim, murdered Arab brother in Daoud's novel
Harun's role
Harun's role
Narrator of Meursault Investigation, Musa's brother
Narrative perspective shift
Narrative perspective shift
From perpetrator-centred to victim agency reclamation
Camus's universal vs Daoud's specific
Camus's universal vs Daoud's specific
Metaphysical absurdism vs historical particularity
Harun's linguistic strategy
Harun's linguistic strategy
Masters coloniser's French as reclamation: 'I dream in it'
Daoud's quote critiquing absurdism
Daoud's quote critiquing absurdism
'That's for people who've never lost anyone'
Pied-noir definition
Pied-noir definition
European settler in Algeria (Camus's perspective)