Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Birdsong main timeline periods
Birdsong main timeline periods
1910 pre-war Amiens, 1916 Somme, 1917-18 tunnelling
Year Birdsong published
Year Birdsong published
1993, during 1990s war-memory boom
Dual timeline structure in Birdsong
Dual timeline structure in Birdsong
Alternates WWI (1914-18) and 1970s (Elizabeth's story)
Belle Époque meaning
Belle Époque meaning
Period of peace/prosperity in Europe before WWI ('Beautiful Era')
Documentary realism technique
Documentary realism technique
Unflinching, graphic detail refusing to sanitise warfare
Free indirect discourse
Free indirect discourse
Blurs third-person narration and first-person interior thought
Birdsong symbolism
Birdsong symbolism
Fragility/beauty of life; innocence vs mechanised death
Tunnel symbolism in novel
Tunnel symbolism in novel
Buried trauma beneath surface; unconscious mind; entrapment
Stephen vs Jack character contrast
Stephen vs Jack character contrast
Officer/middle-class/detached vs working-class/warm/humane
Paul Fussell's WWI concept
Paul Fussell's WWI concept
WWI as significant rupture in cultural memory