The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories – Writer’s Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Genre of 'The Bloody Chamber' collection
Genre of 'The Bloody Chamber' collection
Postmodern feminist Gothic literature
Carter's dual strategy technique
Carter's dual strategy technique
Seducing through language whilst challenging through content
How Carter revises fairy tales
How Carter revises fairy tales
Amplifies elements present, inverts moral conclusions
Effect called 'double vision'
Effect called 'double vision'
Recognize source material yet experience it as transformed
Baroque prose style features
Baroque prose style features
Elaborate sentences, Latinate words, sensory details
Purpose of first-person female narration
Purpose of first-person female narration
Transforms passive victims into active interpreters
Carter's use of Sadeian symbols
Carter's use of Sadeian symbols
Transforms torture tools into female empowerment tools
Semiotic overload definition
Semiotic overload definition
Packing symbols with multiple contradictory meanings
Role-reversal in Carter's stories
Role-reversal in Carter's stories
Female characters embrace monstrosity, refuse domestication
'Company of Wolves' ending
'Company of Wolves' ending
Girl embraces werewolf, becomes bride not victim