Lang P2 Poetry and Prose AO1 Review

Disabled author and context

Wilfred Owen, who writes about the horrors of war from his experience serving in the British Army During WW1

What is disabled about?

The trauma and alienation of a World War I soldier who returns home with life-changing injuries

Out, out author and context

Robert Frost, who critiques industrialization through the story of his friend’s son Raymond Tracy Fitzgerald who dies from heart failure similarly to the boy in the poem

Out, out purpose

Explorers the nature of life and death and criticizes industrialization and child exploitation in the 1900s, as well as families’ ignorance towards this matter

Unknown Girl Author and Context

Moniza Alvi, who feels alienated when revisiting a bazaar in Pakistan from Scotland

Unknown Girl Purpose

Ssymbolizes the speaker's yearning for a deeper connection to her cultural heritage and identity

Bright Lights of Sarajevo author and context

Tony Harrison, provides a look into life during the Bosnian War, particularly during the siege of Sarajevo

Bright Lights of Sarajevo Purpose

Aims to portray the resilient spirit of Sarajevans during the Bosnian War, highlighting their determination to live and find joy amidst the horrors of conflict

Still I Rise Author and Context

Maya Angelou, who is a civil rights activist, aiming to promote black and feminist movements

Still I Rise Purpose

To empower individuals, particularly Black women, to overcome adversity and to affirm their strength and worth

Story of an Hour author and context

Kate Chopin, whose father was killed in a railroad disaster and left behind no will or provision, thus grew up in an atypical home and left her in debt, which led to her selling her business as a result.

Story of an Hour Purpose

Explorers constrictive nature of marraige within the patriarchal society highlighting the limited roles and societal expectations placed on women during that era (19th century)

The Necklace Author and Genre and Context

Guy de Maupassant, who writes a realistic fiction on 19th Century France’s highly unequal class-based society

The Necklace Purpose

To highlight the triviality of materialism and the importance of honestry, criticizing superficial desires.

Significant Cigarettes Author

Rose Tremain

Significant Cigarettes Purpose

To highlight the alienation and anxiety a person who migrates to a completely new area feels, while also highlighting its advantages to it encouraging others to see migration positively and locals to welcome migrants

Whistle and I’ll come to you Author and Context

Susan Hill, who explores the haunting nature of the death of the protagonist’s illegitimate child, during the Edwardian Era.

Whistle and I’ll come to you Author Purpose

Hooks the reader through its suspense with horror features and gothic tropes, while criticizing the commonality and consequences of illegitimate children in the Edwardian Era

Night Author and Context

Alice Munro, who writes a largely autobiographical text on her own teenage experience with insomnia and the unsettling thoughts that came with it

Night Context

Explores the psychological impact of illness and isolation, and also reflects how parenting can play a key role at comforting or worsening a child’s state.