English Literature A-Level
Political critique through world-building
What Political critique through world-building means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Political critique through world-building
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Using a created world, whether realistic, symbolic, dystopian or historically located, to position the reader to judge a society.
Topics that use Political critique through world-building
- Elements of political and social protest writing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambition and power
- Culture, history and continuity over time
- Domestic and interior life under oppression
- Gender politics
- Genre
- Historical and political drama
- Institutional authority
- Institutions, hierarchy and control
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