Childhood innocence
What Childhood innocence means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Childhood innocence
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Innocent joy blended with subtle, darker undertones, evoked through compound words that capture sensory childhood experiences.
An almost childlike perspective, culminating in the simile of a child witnessing adults reconciling.
Topics that use Childhood innocence
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Modernist Period – The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt (Quercus, 2014) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Movement – Philip Larkin: The Less Deceived (Faber, 2011) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Isolation and alienation
- Aesthetic Distance
- Alienation
- Alienation and isolation
- Apathy and Indifference
- Art versus Life
- Art versus Reality
- Care and responsibility
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