English Literature A-Level
Historical and cultural change in literary classification
What Historical and cultural change in literary classification means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Genres shift as readers and critics reclassify texts over time, so definitions are historically and culturally variable rather than timeless.
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