Structure and Narrative Development (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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2 timelines in Edenglassie
2 timelines in Edenglassie
1850s frontier violence & 2024 hospital reckonings
Historical timeline main characters (1854-55)
Historical timeline main characters (1854-55)
Mulanyin and Nita
Contemporary timeline main characters (2024)
Contemporary timeline main characters (2024)
Eddie Blanket, Winona, and Johnny
Eddie's narrative function
Eddie's narrative function
Frame narrative as oral historian/authoritative storyteller
Point of view technique used
Point of view technique used
Third-person limited cycling through different characters
River motif significance
River motif significance
Carries memory, shows Country remains constant across time
Free indirect discourse in Edenglassie
Free indirect discourse in Edenglassie
Weaves Bundjalung inflections & slang into narration itself
Echo structure meaning
Echo structure meaning
Past images resurface in distorted forms across timelines
Why non-linear narrative structure used?
Why non-linear narrative structure used?
Mirrors how trauma operates unpredictably, not neat timelines
Novel's conclusion type
Novel's conclusion type
Open-ended; resists tidy closure like ongoing decolonisation