One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Author & publication year of novel
Author & publication year of novel
Ken Kesey, 1962
Kesey's government experiment participation
Kesey's government experiment participation
MK-Ultra experiments
1950s-60s America climate of fear & conformity
1950s-60s America climate of fear & conformity
McCarthyism
Common psychiatric treatments in 1950s-60s
Common psychiatric treatments in 1950s-60s
Electroshock therapy and lobotomy
Narrator of the novel
Narrator of the novel
Chief Bromden
Why Chief Bromden is unreliable narrator
Why Chief Bromden is unreliable narrator
Paranoia, hallucinations, disorientation
What 'The Combine' symbolizes
What 'The Combine' symbolizes
Mechanized industrial society
What fog symbolizes in Bromden's perception
What fog symbolizes in Bromden's perception
Mental confusion & societal oppression
What McMurphy symbolizes
What McMurphy symbolizes
Natural individualism disrupting mechanical order
Purpose of episodic structure
Purpose of episodic structure
Mirrors unpredictability within ordered institution