Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Two colleges Alice Walker attended
Two colleges Alice Walker attended
Spelman College and Sarah Lawrence College
Awards won by The Color Purple
Awards won by The Color Purple
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
Epistolary format definition
Epistolary format definition
Novel structured as series of letters
AAVE in The Color Purple
AAVE in The Color Purple
African American Vernacular English
What the colour purple symbolises
What the colour purple symbolises
Beauty, spirituality, and life's joys
Jim Crow laws purpose
Jim Crow laws purpose
Enforced racial segregation, disenfranchised Black Americans
Celie's pants business symbolism
Celie's pants business symbolism
Independence and rejection of gender roles
Writer Walker revived interest in
Writer Walker revived interest in
Zora Neale Hurston
When The Color Purple was written
When The Color Purple was written
1981-1982, published 1982
Intersectionality in the novel
Intersectionality in the novel
How race, gender, class overlap and influence experiences