English Literature A-Level
Historical context and period values
What Historical context and period values means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Historical context and period values
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Relating a text's representation of society to the historical period in which the text was written or set, and connecting textual details to the concerns of that period.
Topics that use Historical context and period values
- Elements of crime writing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambiguity and unresolved endings
- Betrayal
- Class and social voice
- Closure and resolution
- Crime across literary periods
- Crime as narrative driver
- Crime as social critique
- Elements
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