Literary movements
What Literary movements means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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A poem's literary tradition, such as the conventions of the Romantic or Modernist movements, which can be considered alongside historical events.
Broader social, political, literary, and cultural movements of the time that expand context beyond the biographical background of the author.
Frameworks such as Romanticism or Modernism, with aesthetic and philosophical characteristics that inform texts.
Periods such as Romanticism, whose conventions a text may align with or subvert.
Topics that use Literary movements
- Comparative and contextual study (Component 02) - Topics and set texts: Comparative essay (OCR A-Level)
- Drama and poetry pre-1900 (Component 01) - Section 2 set texts: Drama and poetry pre-1900 (OCR A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience reception
- Critical reception
- Genre conventions
- Literary debate
- Thematic connections
- Academic expression
- Ambiguity and multiplicity of meaning
- Audience interpretation
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