Context

• Theory of mind

  • psychological concept
  • brionys acknowledgement of other peoples conscoiusness
• Temporal span

  • novel covers many time periods
  • 30's, 40's and 90's
• WW2

  • resulted in weakening of class system and changes in the roles of women
  • Dunkirk happened in 1940 it was a widespread fail however portrayed as a sucess
• The class system

  • class system severely limits social mobility
  • requires people to fit into clear cut categories unlike Robbie
  • weakened by ww2
• Modernism in fiction

  • against narrative plot and encourages exploration in form style and language
  • common feature is a stream of conciousess where we see charecters thoughts