English Literature A-Level
Present-day reader interpretation
What Present-day reader interpretation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Present-day reader interpretation
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Contexts to do with how the text can be interpreted by readers now, which is the main emphasis in this specification.
Topics that use Present-day reader interpretation
- Subject content – A-level (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Authorial choice and textual effects
- Authorial shaping of meaning
- Comparative connections
- Context of production
- Convention, adaptation and subversion
- Critical evaluation and argument
- Form, structure and language
- Genre as a dynamic system of conventions
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