Call It Sleep – Themes (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Genre of 'Call It Sleep'
Genre of 'Call It Sleep'
Immigrant bildungsroman
Narrative technique Roth uses
Narrative technique Roth uses
Stream-of-consciousness & multilingual technique
3 languages David navigates
3 languages David navigates
Yiddish (safety), English (danger), Hebrew (terror)
Term for thinking in multiple languages simultaneously
Term for thinking in multiple languages simultaneously
Polylingual consciousness
Metallurgical metaphor in Book Four
Metallurgical metaphor in Book Four
Hotter the fire, softer the metal
David's climactic mystical vision phrase
David's climactic mystical vision phrase
And with Him, it is always Light
Quote about language as perception (Book Four)
Quote about language as perception (Book Four)
Words were like eyes, they saw
Conflict: boy desires mother, rejects father
Conflict: boy desires mother, rejects father
Oedipal conflict
Symbolism of electrocution scene
Symbolism of electrocution scene
Symbolic death & rebirth of David
Fiedler's term for Roth's fusion of Marxism & Kabbalah
Fiedler's term for Roth's fusion of Marxism & Kabbalah
Proletarian mysticism