The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories – Context (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Year The Bloody Chamber was published
Year The Bloody Chamber was published
1979
Lens Carter uses to reimagine fairy tales
Lens Carter uses to reimagine fairy tales
Feminist lens
Oral tradition definition
Oral tradition definition
Stories passed down through generations by word of mouth
Who rescues the bride in The Bloody Chamber?
Who rescues the bride in The Bloody Chamber?
Her mother (not brothers)
Patriarchy definition
Patriarchy definition
System where men, particularly fathers, hold power
What transforms in The Tiger's Bride?
What transforms in The Tiger's Bride?
Girl transforms into tiger (not beast to human)
Intertextuality definition
Intertextuality definition
Literary technique of referencing other texts
When did second-wave feminism emerge?
When did second-wave feminism emerge?
1960s and 1970s
Betty Friedan's foundational feminist text (1963)
Betty Friedan's foundational feminist text (1963)
The Feminine Mystique
'The personal is political' meaning
'The personal is political' meaning
Private experiences reflect broader political structures