Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year Revolutionary Road was published
Year Revolutionary Road was published
1961
Award recognition for Revolutionary Road
Award recognition for Revolutionary Road
National Book Award finalist
Year baby boom peaked in post-war America
Year baby boom peaked in post-war America
1946
Model for standardised suburban housing developments
Model for standardised suburban housing developments
Levittown
Name for the 1950s period defined by Cold War tensions
Name for the 1950s period defined by Cold War tensions
Age of Anxiety
Widespread fear of communism leading to political persecution
Widespread fear of communism leading to political persecution
McCarthyism
Literary movement focusing on ordinary life with social critique
Literary movement focusing on ordinary life with social critique
Contemporary realism
Existentialist term for self-deception to avoid difficult truths
Existentialist term for self-deception to avoid difficult truths
'Bad faith'
Narrative perspective used by Yates in Revolutionary Road
Narrative perspective used by Yates in Revolutionary Road
Third-person omniscient narrator
Timeframe covered in Revolutionary Road's plot
Timeframe covered in Revolutionary Road's plot
Six months in 1955