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small island - english literature

This class was created by Brainscape user Lily Bellingham. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Lily Bellingham
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Decks in this class (14)

Genre A02
Social history,
Fictive autobiography,
Social realism
3  cards
Types of Comedy A02
Farce,
Satire,
Ironic comedy
5  cards
Examples of Farce A02
The wedding night of hortense and...,
The birth scene and the formality...,
The idea of uncooked chips with h...
4  cards
Examples of Satire A02
The ridiculous nature of the raci...,
Lack of romance,
Bernard and his attitudes
3  cards
Examples of Ironic Humour A02
Arthur s death,
Bernard s guilt,
Hortense and michael s baby
3  cards
Example of Comedy of Manners A02
Hortense and her snobbish nature,
Mr todd,
Hortense and her pronunciation
4  cards
Language and Hortense A02
To show differences between her a...,
Formal language,
How it changes
3  cards
Language and Bernard A02
Lack of emotion,
Racist language,
Changes in tone
3  cards
Language and Queenie A02
Sense of humour,
Does not discriminate,
Reflects social realism
3  cards
Language and Gilbert A02
Creates comedy,
Patience with hortense,
Use of patois
4  cards
Structural terms in the novel A02
Flashbacks,
Complications,
Denouement
4  cards
Narrative A02
Fragmented narrative,
Chronological narrative,
First person narrative
4  cards
Setting A02
Post colonial ideas,
Social realism,
Social inequality
4  cards
Context A03
Second world war,
Prejudice,
Commonwealth
4  cards

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