Small Island

Cards (82)

  • set in ____?
    1948
  • published in ____?
    2004
  • there are _ main characters ?
    4
  • Andrea levy is a ___ ____, meaning she looks at ____ _____?
    reminiscent narrator, past events
  • There is a large use of ____ ____, as each character tells their own ______, from a first person _______?
    dramatic monologue, story, narrative
  • Andrea levy uses a ____ ____, in other words, a story within a _____?
    framed narrative, story
  • what is an unreliable narrator?
    a narrator that cannot be trusted, you are only hearing the narrator's perspectives, not any other characters
  • Andrea Levy uses a ___ ____, meaning their are _ different narrators in her novel, giving us _ different _______ within one story?
    polyphonic order, 4, 4, perspectives
  • Levy uses the _ character as her own ______ for her own ______?
    4, mouthpiece, experiences
  • The _____ in SI sets the scene or _____ for what those in the ______ will face, this is evident through _____ _____ and thoughts?
    prologue, mood, Caribbean, Queenie's stereotypes
  • the __th to the __ th century was the time of ____ _______?
    16, 19, modern colonialism
  • colonialism was particularly in the _____, _____ and Oceania?
    Americas, Asia
  • Britain has invaded __ countries in the world?
    22
  • during the __th and __th cenutry, 43 countries were used by ______ for _____ purposes?
    18,19, America, militray
  • politicised anger is anger that may be ______, it is constantly being thrown _____/racism and ______?
    justified, aggressions, prejudice
  • the term colonialism derives from the latin word '_____' which means to ______?
    colere, inhabit
  • colonialism is when a _____ establishes _____ over another _____, often this happens as they believe that they can make a country _____ through ______?
    country, domination, country, better, religion
  • decolonising the mind, means to claim back their ____ ______?
    native language
  • Western European colonialism ____ the _____ into ____ and humanity into _____?
    carved, world, continents, races
  • Western european colonialism allows the west to be _____ from the East, the west are seen as _____, developed and with _____ levels of _____, in comparison to the ____ which are seen as far ____, inferior and under ______?
    separate, superior, high, education, East, behind, developed
  • Edward Said's theory is ______, which covers the ____ between the west and the ____, it is a _______ view through which the west ____ the 'otherness' to the same ____ _____?
    orientalism, relationships, east, worldwide, constructs, stigmatizing stereotypes
  • the _____ are considered those outside of the ___ _____, and they would be considered _____ and strange?
    otherness, western world, inferior
  • TRF and Small Island are attempts to __-____ the ____ ______, reversing the ____ _____ and restoring _____?

    re write, accepted history, colonial gaze, humanity
  • many people critique said as he is not taking into consideration how the _____ view the _____, his theory only looks from the _____ point of view?
    East, West, Western
  • Joseph _____ wrote the first ever ___ book, many people knew about other _____ through _____ and literature , Conrad's book was called ____ of _____, he had gone to the _____ and described people as ______, a writer named ____ _____ responds with his book, _____ African people?
    Conrad, travel, countries, books, Heart, Darkness, Congo, savages, Joyce Cary, humanising
  • in A level we use _____?
    critics
  • polemical intent is an intention to be ___ _____?
    strongly critical
  • dispassionate means _____ from a situation and not ____ ______?
    detached, emotionally involved
  • compassionate means feelings of ____, care and ______?
    sympathy, understanding
  • The british empire was referred to as the _____?
    motherland
  • ______ Caribbean had arrived in _____?
    177,000, Britain
  • Levy identifies ____ as a key turning point in her ____ lives?
    1948, character's
  • in _____ was the _____ nationality ___?
    1948, British, Act
  • __,___ Caribbeans served in ___?
    25,000, WW1
  • Many of the windrush generation were denied ____ ____?
    national healthcare
  • Many of the windrush generation lost their ____ and _____?
    jobs, pensions
  • ___,___,___ subjects in the British Empire , that lived and _____ in the UK, due to the ___ ____ ____ didn't need a ____ due to their _____ citizenship?
    800,000,000, worked, British Nationality Act, visa, commonwealth
  • monologue is ___ voice?
    one
  • polyperspectivity is more than ___ ____ _____?
    one narrative viewpoint
  • an unreliable narrator is a ____ or _____ voice?
    biased, limited