Authorial methods
What Authorial methods means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The literary devices and structural features an author uses, which should be linked to a specific analytical point about the author's purpose.
Appropriate technical vocabulary is selected to describe specific poetic methods, connecting them explicitly to the poem's thematic impact.
Topics that use Authorial methods
- Component 2: Prose (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Analytical precision
- Audience reception
- Biographical influence
- Contextual influences on genre
- Critical frameworks
- Form and structure
- Genre conventions
- Genre subversion and blending
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