Chronicle of a Death Foretold (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Time gap for narrator's investigation
Time gap for narrator's investigation
27 years after Santiago's murder
Narrative form: fact + subjective memory blend
Narrative form: fact + subjective memory blend
Testimonial narrative
Verisimilitude meaning
Verisimilitude meaning
Appearance of truth or reality
Purpose of collective 'we' voice
Purpose of collective 'we' voice
Implicates everyone in Santiago's death
Polyphonic texture definition
Polyphonic texture definition
Multiple voices presented without hierarchy
Dramatic irony in the novella
Dramatic irony in the novella
Readers know death from opening; can't prevent it
Analepsis definition
Analepsis definition
Flashbacks
Free indirect discourse
Free indirect discourse
Narrator's voice slips into character's thoughts
Times brothers' threat 'We're going to kill him' repeated
Times brothers' threat 'We're going to kill him' repeated
Over 20 times
Opening and closing line similarity creates
Opening and closing line similarity creates
Circular structure