A Level English Literature: Unseen Prose AO4 Intertextual Links

wars and legacy of wars: allegory for war

golding's 'lord of the flies' (1954)

wars and legacy of wars: increased attachment to religion

greene's 'the end of the affair' (1951), waugh's 'brideshead revisited' (1945)

wars and legacy of wars: allegory for totalitarianism of soviet union

orwell's 'animal farm' (1945)

wars and legacy of wars: anti-war literature

parker's 'regeneration' (1991)

personal and social identity: cultural differences

maryam tyler's 'digging to america' (2006)

changing morality and social structures: homosexuality in a backward looking time

winterson's 'oranges are not the only fruit' (1985)

changing morality and social structures: family bonded due to trauma

dunmore's 'talking to the dead' (1996)

gender, class, race, ethnicity: transgender literature

eudenides' 'middlesex' (2002)

gender, class, race, ethnicity: class insecurity

wolfe's 'i am charlotte simmons' (2004)

gender, class, race, ethnicity: social mobility in education

amis' 'lucky jim' (1954)

gender, class, race, ethnicity: sexual violence of men leads to female rebellion

celie walker's 'the colour purple' (1982)

gender, class, race, ethnicity: inequality for women in education

ng's 'everything i never told you' (2014)

political upheaval and change: political change can be brought about by educating the younger generation

swift's 'waterland' (1980)

resistance and rebellion: active resistance and the resilience needed

preston's 'west of the wall' (2008)

resistance and rebellion: futile protests

mcewan's 'saturday' (2003)

resistance and rebellion: conflict in multi-ethnic areas

smith's 'white teeth' (2000)

imperialism, post-imperialism, nationalism: relationships after independence in india

scott's 'staying on' (1977)

imperialism, post-imperialism, nationalism: charted events of the last years of the british in india

scot's 'the jewel in the crown' (1966)

imperialism, post-imperialism, nationalism: irish nationalism

maclaverty's 'cal' (1983)

immigration: escape of economic hardship

levy's 'small island' (2004)

immigration: isolation in a new country

Nazneen ali's 'brick lane' (2003)

Gender: Objectification of women, feminist perspective an lens to traditional fairy tales → women portrayed to be seductive, passivity leading to death

Carter’s ‘the bloody chamber’ 1979

innocence, unfamiliarity, exploring adulthood, learning about societal attitudes → Holden

J.D. Salinger ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

control retained through censorship and burning of books

Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Entrapment of war through the identity of a soldier, betrayal and loss of love due to war

Ondaatje’s The english patient