Literary Genre (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Genre of Educated
Genre of Educated
Memoir (autobiography, bildungsroman, personal essay)
Buck's Peak mountain symbolism
Buck's Peak mountain symbolism
Tara's upbringing: remote, powerful, difficult to escape
Imagery in Educated
Imagery in Educated
Vivid descriptions of scrap yard, injuries, physical toll
Foreshadowing in memoir
Foreshadowing in memoir
Early injuries/paranoia hint at later violence & trauma
Juxtaposition technique used
Juxtaposition technique used
Academic world contrasted with family world
Narrative perspective
Narrative perspective
First-person (Tara's POV)
Memory motif
Memory motif
Unreliability of memory as recurring theme
Irony in Tara's education
Irony in Tara's education
Considered uneducated, yet earns PhD
Education as metaphor
Education as metaphor
Freedom and transformation
Memoir structure
Memoir structure
First-person retrospective
Bildungsroman tradition
Bildungsroman tradition
Coming-of-age; intellectual & emotional maturation
Books symbolism
Books symbolism
Knowledge, freedom, transformation
Westover's tone
Westover's tone
Measured, introspective, honest
Memoir ending
Memoir ending
Open ending; no reconciliation but emotional clarity
Prose style
Prose style
Factual description with poetic insight