Literary Genre (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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What genre is 'Educated'?
What genre is 'Educated'?
Memoir
Buck's Peak (mountain) symbolises
Buck's Peak (mountain) symbolises
Tara's upbringing: remote, powerful, hard to escape
Technique: vivid scrap yard & injury descriptions
Technique: vivid scrap yard & injury descriptions
Imagery
Technique: early injuries hint at later violence
Technique: early injuries hint at later violence
Foreshadowing
Technique: academic world vs family world contrast
Technique: academic world vs family world contrast
Juxtaposition
Narrative perspective of 'Educated'
Narrative perspective of 'Educated'
First-person
Recurring motif in the memoir
Recurring motif in the memoir
Unreliability of memory
Irony in Tara's education
Irony in Tara's education
Started uneducated, earned PhD
Education metaphorically represents
Education metaphorically represents
Freedom and transformation
Narrative structure of the memoir
Narrative structure of the memoir
First-person retrospective
What is the coming-of-age genre called?
What is the coming-of-age genre called?
Bildungsroman
Books symbolise
Books symbolise
Knowledge, freedom, transformation
Tone of Westover's writing
Tone of Westover's writing
Measured, introspective, honest
Style of Westover's prose
Style of Westover's prose
Factual description with poetic insight
Nature of the memoir's ending
Nature of the memoir's ending
Open, without clear reconciliation but with emotional clarity