English Literature A-Level
The illusion of peace and nation-building
What The illusion of peace and nation-building means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Greig uses the historical setting to examine the messy reality of nation-building following a military invasion.
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- Intertextuality and historical revisionism
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