Context and Overview (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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The Clearances definition
The Clearances definition
Forced evictions in 18th-19th century Scotland
Time period of the Clearances
Time period of the Clearances
18th and 19th centuries
Why landlords evicted families during Clearances
Why landlords evicted families during Clearances
Sheep farming offered greater financial returns
Setting of 'Da Clearance'
Setting of 'Da Clearance'
Crofting township in Shetland
Narrative perspective & tense in 'Da Clearance'
Narrative perspective & tense in 'Da Clearance'
First-person, present tense
What land represented to the township community
What land represented to the township community
Sustenance, heritage, and cultural identity
Language Bulter used in 'Da Clearance'
Language Bulter used in 'Da Clearance'
Shetlandic
Rhoda Bulter's birth and death years
Rhoda Bulter's birth and death years
1929-1994
Bulter's first published poem and year
Bulter's first published poem and year
'Fladdabister' in 1965
Collection containing 'Da Clearance' (2014)
Collection containing 'Da Clearance' (2014)
Hairst is Coosed: The Rhoda Bulter Collection