English Literature A-Level
Authorial choice and omission
What Authorial choice and omission means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Authorial choice and omission
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Treating what is missing as a deliberate structural or thematic choice rather than simply a gap in the text.
Topics that use Authorial choice and omission
- Aspects of tragedy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambiguity and unresolved endings
- Audience expectation and response
- Catharsis
- Classical tragedy
- Complication, climax and catastrophe
- Determinism and free will
- Domestic tragedy
- Hamartia
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