Cultural Context (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Time period/setting of The Big Sleep
Time period/setting of The Big Sleep
1930s America
Economic crisis in The Big Sleep
Economic crisis in The Big Sleep
Great Depression
When did Prohibition end?
When did Prohibition end?
1933
Eddie Mars represents
Eddie Mars represents
Criminal elite post-Prohibition
How are police portrayed?
How are police portrayed?
Ineffective & compromised
Vivian & Carmen character type
Vivian & Carmen character type
Femme fatale figures
Who did Carmen kill?
Who did Carmen kill?
Rusty Regan
Marlowe's detective archetype
Marlowe's detective archetype
Hard-boiled
Year Big Sleep written
Year Big Sleep written
1939
Literary tradition of Big Sleep
Literary tradition of Big Sleep
Hard-boiled detective
Pulp mag that influenced Chandler
Pulp mag that influenced Chandler
Black Mask
Author inspiring Chandler
Author inspiring Chandler
Dashiell Hammett
How Chandler described Marlowe
How Chandler described Marlowe
Neither tarnished nor afraid
Upper class Sternwoods shown as
Upper class Sternwoods shown as
Morally bankrupt
Novel reflects anxiety about
Novel reflects anxiety about
Female autonomy & sexuality