English Literature A-Level
Convention, adaptation and subversion
What Convention, adaptation and subversion means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Convention, adaptation and subversion
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Writers borrow, parody and combine conventions, and analysis should focus on how a text uses, stretches or resists them and on the effects of those choices.
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Related terms
- Authorial choice and textual effects
- Authorial shaping of meaning
- Comparative connections
- Context of production
- Critical evaluation and argument
- Form, structure and language
- Genre as a dynamic system of conventions
- Genre as an interpretive framework rather than a label
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