English Literature A-Level
Critical frameworks
What Critical frameworks means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Critical frameworks
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Broader critical concepts, such as narrative perspective, genre conventions or theoretical frameworks, applied with understanding and discrimination.
Topics that use Critical frameworks
- Component 2: Prose (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Analytical precision
- Authorial methods
- Contextual influences on genre
- Genre subversion and blending
- Narrative frameworks and tropes
- Reader expectations and reception
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