Strange Meeting by Susan Hill (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Literary tradition Hill's novel continues
Literary tradition Hill's novel continues
WWI literature tradition
Two main characters in Strange Meeting
Two main characters in Strange Meeting
Hilliard and Barton
Webb: friendship's role for traumatised soldiers
Webb: friendship's role for traumatised soldiers
The one form of emotional survival
Psychological condition Hilliard displays
Psychological condition Hilliard displays
Shell shock
Das: 3 effects WWI trauma produces
Das: 3 effects WWI trauma produces
Silence, fragmentation, emotional inarticulacy
Barton's defining character trait
Barton's defining character trait
Innocence and idealism
Hilliard's emotional state at novel's start
Hilliard's emotional state at novel's start
Withdrawn, detached, emotionally broken
Theme: soldiers expressing trauma
Theme: soldiers expressing trauma
Failure of language/cannot articulate trauma
How Barton's death is presented
How Barton's death is presented
Random, unheroic, senseless
'Lost Generation' refers to
'Lost Generation' refers to
Young men killed/damaged by WWI