Authorial Methods Flashcards
1
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Wit
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epigrams, repartee, wordplay, puns
2
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for comic effect
3
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Symbolism
A
food (a catalyst for personal and social conflict); the handbag (a symbol of comic misfortune); the cigarette case (a symbol of Jack’s double life and the truth); Cecily’s diary (a symbol of fiction and make-believe)
4
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Settings
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- town and country antithesis
- used to satirise Victorian society
5
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Pardox
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- a statement that apparently contradicts itself, or is false or absurd
6
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Irony
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- a statement which creates humour through saying the opposite of what is normally expected or understood
7
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The ‘well-made play’
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- Victorian melodrama was derived from the French ‘well made play’ which features uncertain parentage, secrets from the past and letters.
8
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The comedy of manners
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- TIOBE is a comedy of manners in the way it mocks and satirises the Victorian aristocracy’s manners and behaviour
9
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Comic structure
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- starts with problems and moves through typical obstacles before resolving in marriages.
