Mrs Dalloway — Narrative Style and Key Quotes (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Stream-of-consciousness technique
Stream-of-consciousness technique
Presents thoughts as they occur, via association not logic
Free indirect discourse
Free indirect discourse
Merges 3rd-person narration w/ character's thoughts & speech
Tunneling process in Mrs Dalloway
Tunneling process in Mrs Dalloway
Pasts excavated via sensory triggers surfacing unexpectedly
Timeframe of Mrs Dalloway
Timeframe of Mrs Dalloway
A single day in London
Big Ben's narrative function
Big Ben's narrative function
Recurring trigger; marks public time & private revelations
Clarissa & Septimus interaction
Clarissa & Septimus interaction
They never meet in the narrative
3 repeated motifs in novel
3 repeated motifs in novel
Fear, flowers, Big Ben's chimes
3 symbolic imagery clusters
3 symbolic imagery clusters
Mirrors (self-division), shadows (mortality), water (flow)
Essay analysis structure formula
Essay analysis structure formula
Technique → effect → meaning
Mrs Dalloway publication year
Mrs Dalloway publication year
1925