English Literature A-Level
Structure and form as argument
What Structure and form as argument means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The way a text's form and structure embody protest, for example through a narrator who speaks for the powerless or a plot built on injustice.
Topics that use Structure and form as argument
- 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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