English Literature A-Level
Post-9/11 Trauma and Alienation
What Post-9/11 Trauma and Alienation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The personal alienation and fractured New York society that the narrative explores in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Topics that use Post-9/11 Trauma and Alienation
- 5e. Literature post-1900 (Non-exam assessment component) suggested texts - DISILLUSION IN AMERICA (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Conformity and mass culture
- disillusionment
- Individualism versus mechanisation
- Linguistic and structural rebellion
- modern tragic form
- The Immigrant Experience
- American Dream
- expressionism
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