Literary Genre (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Hard-boiled genre key features
Hard-boiled genre key features
Realism, urban settings, moral ambiguity, complex characters
When did hard-boiled genre emerge?
When did hard-boiled genre emerge?
1920s and 1930s
Setting of The Big Sleep
Setting of The Big Sleep
1930s Los Angeles
Philip Marlowe's profession
Philip Marlowe's profession
Private investigator
Narrative perspective in The Big Sleep
Narrative perspective in The Big Sleep
First-person (through Marlowe)
Knight symbolism in The Big Sleep
Knight symbolism in The Big Sleep
Gap between idealistic heroism and harsh reality
Money symbolism in The Big Sleep
Money symbolism in The Big Sleep
Corrupting force driving actions & moral compromises
Rain & fog symbolism
Rain & fog symbolism
Chaos, foreboding, moral confusion & hidden truth
Cyanide symbolism in The Big Sleep
Cyanide symbolism in The Big Sleep
Corruption in all society levels, hidden lethality
Plot structure of The Big Sleep
Plot structure of The Big Sleep
Intentionally confusing, ambiguous, unresolved threads
Marlowe's approach to legal/moral rules
Marlowe's approach to legal/moral rules
Bends them for what he sees as higher purpose
Chandler's metaphor style
Chandler's metaphor style
Vivid, sardonic, revealing attitudes & moral decay
Dialogue style in The Big Sleep
Dialogue style in The Big Sleep
Fast, clipped, confrontational, loaded with subtext