Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Rebecca publication year
Rebecca publication year
1938, during interwar Britain
Gothic fiction definition
Gothic fiction definition
Mystery, suspense, dark atmosphere, threatening elements
Unreliable narrator meaning
Unreliable narrator meaning
Narrator whose credibility is compromised, distorts events
Dramatic irony definition
Dramatic irony definition
Reader understands something narrator/character does not
Rebecca's famous opening line
Rebecca's famous opening line
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again
Manderley's symbolic meanings
Manderley's symbolic meanings
Rebecca's presence, class expectations, psychological prison
Sea symbolism in Rebecca
Sea symbolism in Rebecca
Danger, secrets, death, Rebecca's power
Character foils definition
Character foils definition
Contrasting characters who highlight each other's qualities
Intertextuality meaning
Intertextuality meaning
Relationship between texts through references or parallels
How du Maurier described Rebecca
How du Maurier described Rebecca
A study in jealousy