English Literature A-Level
Closure and resolution
What Closure and resolution means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Detective fiction typically moves from disruption to solution, while a post-modern novel may frustrate that closure with unresolved endings.
Topics that use Closure and resolution
- Elements of crime writing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambiguity and unresolved endings
- Betrayal
- Class and social voice
- Crime across literary periods
- Crime as narrative driver
- Crime as social critique
- Elements
- Execution and consequence
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