Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Shakespeare's birth: month & year
Shakespeare's birth: month & year
April 1564
Composition period of Taming of the Shrew
Composition period of Taming of the Shrew
1590-1592
First Folio publication year
First Folio publication year
1623
Blank verse definition
Blank verse definition
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Induction in the play
Induction in the play
Framing device; play-within-a-play structure
Roman playwrights influencing Shakespeare
Roman playwrights influencing Shakespeare
Plautus and Terence
Two genres combined in the play
Two genres combined in the play
Comedy and farce
Character described using animal imagery
Character described using animal imagery
Katherina
Intellectual movement influencing the play
Intellectual movement influencing the play
Renaissance humanism
Parallel plots in the play
Parallel plots in the play
Petruchio/Katherina and Lucentio/Bianca courtships