Regeneration by Pat Barker (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards

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Year & hospital in Regeneration

1917, Craiglockhart War Hospital, Edinburgh

Shell shock is now understood as

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

3 real historical figures in Regeneration

Dr W.H.R. Rivers, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen

Rivers's treatment approach at Craiglockhart

Talking cure: rest & therapeutic conversation

When Barker wrote Regeneration

Early 1990s (post-Falklands War)

Treatment difference: officers vs. enlisted men

Officers got therapy; enlisted men faced punishment/execution

Prior's class background

Working-class, promoted to officer status

Shell shock perceived as

Failure of masculinity

Regeneration's narrative structure

Polyphonic (many-voiced)/multiperspective

Rivers vs. Yealland contrast

Humane talking therapy vs. authoritarian electric shock

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