Sebastian Faulks: The Essential GuideIn Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Sebastian Faulks. This guide will deal with his themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will be accompanied with likely exam questions, and contexts and comparisons - as well as providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. |
Contents
Interview with Sebastian Faulks | 11 |
Reading guides | 31 |
Reading guides | 157 |
Contexts comparisons and complementary readings | 177 |
Glossary of literary terms used in this book | 192 |
Select bibliography | 198 |
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acter Alain de Botton Allan Massie allusion ANALYSE Anne Anne's attitudes Binjamin Wilkomirski Cannerley char characterisation characters Charlotte Gray Charlotte's CLOSE READING Compare and contrast connections Consider context death described DISCUSSION OR ESSAYS effect Elizabeth EVALUATE experience father Faulks's Birdsong Faulks's novel feel fictional Firebrace's Focus FOUR SECTION France French German Girl Green Dolphin Street Hartmann historical human images imagine Isabelle Isabelle's Jack Firebrace Janvilliers Jeanne Jewish Jews Julien letters Levade Levade's Lion d'Or literary Look back mean memory moral responsibility narrative structure parallel lives past Pat Barker Peter Gregory poem point of view present QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION reactions read Faulks's reader Reading activities redemption reference relate scene Sebastian Faulks Second World War sense of place SIX SECTION Somme Stephen story suggest tells things THREE CHAPTER tion told VINTAGE LIVING TEXT Weir whole woman words write