Great Expectations Flashcards
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Bildungsroman
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Coming of age story. GE is Pip’s coming of age, told from the POV of his older self.
2
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POV of GE
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Story of Pips childhood through the eyes of adult Pip. Adult pip views events differently than he did as a child.
3
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Biographical Criticism
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studying how characters and relationships are effected by the real life events of the author’s life.
4
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New criticism
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New critics and formalist revolt against any criticism that looks at historical/biographical contexts. They read only what is written in the text and make no connections to anything else.
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Orlick
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sort of a foil for Pip. He does the things that pip wants to do and say but never will. Tells off ms. joe, robs pumplechook, expresses pips sexual desires with biddy.
