Critical Interpretations and Scholarly Debate (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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What did Raymond Williams argue the novel does to social hierarchies?
What did Raymond Williams argue the novel does to social hierarchies?
Naturalises them
How did F.R. Leavis describe Great Expectations in The Great Tradition (1948)?
How did F.R. Leavis describe Great Expectations in The Great Tradition (1948)?
Dickens's technical pinnacle
Julian Moynahan (1960s) described the novel as what type of narrative?
Julian Moynahan (1960s) described the novel as what type of narrative?
Guilt-culture narrative
Sandra Gilbert's feminist work recast Miss Havisham and Estella as figures of what?
Sandra Gilbert's feminist work recast Miss Havisham and Estella as figures of what?
Repressed hysteria
Who advised Dickens to revise the original ending of Great Expectations?
Who advised Dickens to revise the original ending of Great Expectations?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
According to Gary Colledge (2008), how does redemption function in the novel?
According to Gary Colledge (2008), how does redemption function in the novel?
Socially rather than divinely
What do Marxist critics say Jaggers's hand-washing rituals symbolise?
What do Marxist critics say Jaggers's hand-washing rituals symbolise?
Laundering bourgeois guilt
Franco Moretti argued Pip's maturity aligns with which philosophical concept?
Franco Moretti argued Pip's maturity aligns with which philosophical concept?
Hegelian idealism
Why did Q.D. Leavis (1940s) champion the revised ending?
Why did Q.D. Leavis (1940s) champion the revised ending?
For its realism
What does HSC Paper 2 Module B require for Great Expectations essays?
What does HSC Paper 2 Module B require for Great Expectations essays?
Sophisticated integration of critiques