English Literature A-Level
Literary traditions
What Literary traditions means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Literary traditions
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Established practices such as the pastoral or revenge tragedy, within which texts can be situated and to which they relate.
Topics that use Literary traditions
- Drama and poetry pre-1900 (Component 01) - Section 2 set texts: Drama and poetry pre-1900 (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience interpretation
- Audience reception
- Comparative essay
- Comparative literary analysis
- Context of production
- Context of reception
- Contextual production
- Critical reception
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