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Social prejudices
An unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership of a social group.
Bildungsroman
Depicts and explores the manner in which the protagonist develops morally and psychologically. A coming of age story.
Eccentricities
A deviation from an established pattern or norm
Counter-narrative
a story challenges dominant cultural assumptions.
Postmodern novel
Postmodern literature is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity and intertextuality
Metacognition
awareness of your own thought processes.
Stigmatisation
branding someone with negative stereotypes based on difference, leading to social rejection
Metafiction
A literary technique where a text draws attention to itself as a constructed work of fiction, often breaking the illusion of reality.
Narrative disruption
breaking of conventional storytelling through digressions, diagrams, and non-linear structure.
Normality is subjective
Normality: the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected and subjective: based on one’s opinions, perspectives, beliefs, discoveries, desires, and feelings
Familial dissonance
The tension, conflict, or lack of harmony within family relationships that disrupts stability and connection.
Epistemic rupture
a sudden break in knowledge or belief.
Truth as an anchoring principle of the world
Anchoring principal: the tendency to reply on a single piece of information of aspect of an event to inform decision making.
What text do we study in Module B?
Curious Incident
How long do you have to write your Module B response?
40 minutes
Literalism
the tendency to interpret language and events exactly as they are stated
Adhering to dominant acceptable social habits
A social habit that is so ingrained we do it automatically.
Cultural hegemony
Describing how dominant groups in society maintain control by shaping cultural norms, values, and beliefs so they appear “natural” or “common sense.”
Which paper and section in Module B in?
Paper 2, Section II
What year was Curious Incident written?
2003
Pragmatic and logical tone
Pragmatic: A person who is pragmatic is concerned more with matters of fact than with what could or should be. Logical: a proper or reasonable way of thinking about something: sound reasoning.
Postmodern fragmentation
the use of disrupted form, digressions, and diagrams to reflect a fractured way of seeing the world.
Narrative conventions are subverted through the multimodal form
Narrative conventions: the common elements, devices or techniques used in most narratives. Subverted: changed/modified. Multimodal: texts where meaning is conveyed to the reader through varying combinations of visual (still image) written language
Narration portrays the overstimulation of the modern world and the absurdity of urban life
Overstimulation: to cause (someone or something) to become too active or excited: to stimulate (someone or something) too much. Absurdity: the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. Urban life: Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways.
Who is the author of Curious Incident?
Mark Haddon