Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Genre of 'Goodbye to All That'
Genre of 'Goodbye to All That'
Memoir
Year Graves wrote 'Goodbye to All That'
Year Graves wrote 'Goodbye to All That'
1929
Literary movement Graves wrote during
Literary movement Graves wrote during
Lost Generation
Graves's WWI military unit
Graves's WWI military unit
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Graves's narrative technique
Graves's narrative technique
First-person chronological narration
Distinctive tone of Graves's memoir
Distinctive tone of Graves's memoir
Dispassionate/emotional restraint
British cultural mentality shown in text
British cultural mentality shown in text
'Stiff upper lip' mentality
Technique contrasting conventions with brutality
Technique contrasting conventions with brutality
Irony
Approach avoiding sentimentality
Approach avoiding sentimentality
Realism and restraint
Text's function beyond personal testimony
Text's function beyond personal testimony
Socio-political critique