Themes (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Themes in literature
Themes in literature
Fundamental & universal ideas explored in literary work
Theme: questioning narrative truth
Theme: questioning narrative truth
All stories are made up
Novel's truth status per Winterson
Novel's truth status per Winterson
Both true and false simultaneously
Why no story can be wholly true
Why no story can be wholly true
Subjective writers compose them
Framework of Jeanette's narrative
Framework of Jeanette's narrative
Traditional mythic quest structure
Jeanette's true quest in novel
Jeanette's true quest in novel
Discover & accept her authentic self
Contradicts Jeanette's religious teachings
Contradicts Jeanette's religious teachings
Her homosexual desires
Binary oppositions theme
Binary oppositions theme
World not made of binary oppositions
How mother perceives the world
How mother perceives the world
Through strict divisions (good/evil, friend/foe)
Winterson's view on gender
Winterson's view on gender
Socially constructed, not biologically inherent