Major Ideas and Thematic Concerns (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Dramatic monologue
Dramatic monologue
Poem written in voice of specific character/persona
Gaslighting in Duffy's work
Gaslighting in Duffy's work
Psychological manipulation making someone question their reality
Mythic revision
Mythic revision
Retelling traditional stories from female perspectives
Voyeuristic detachment
Voyeuristic detachment
Consuming images of suffering without emotional engagement
Desensitisation theme
Desensitisation theme
Gradual numbing of emotional responses to violence/suffering
Edenic expulsion
Edenic expulsion
Loss of innocence through gaining forbidden (sexual) knowledge
Second-person address effect
Second-person address effect
Forces reader to relive experiences, prevents detachment
Vernacular candour
Vernacular candour
Honest, everyday speech used for female empowerment
Synaesthesia technique
Synaesthesia technique
Describing one sense using another sense's vocabulary
Feminist telos in Duffy
Feminist telos in Duffy
Victimhood yields autonomy; transformation from victim to agent