Writer's methods — A Christmas Carol — AQA GCSE English Literature 8702
AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Writer's methods
Writer's methods
What you need to know
How Dickens's form, structure and language create meaning: the novella's five staves, the narrator's voice, the ghost story,
pathetic fallacy, symbolism, and contrast.
Form: a carol in five staves (verses of a song), a ghost story and a moral fable, told by a narrator who speaks to the reader ('Marley was dead: to begin with').
Language and structure: lists, similes and pathetic fallacy (the fog and cold), symbols (Marley's chain, Ignorance and Want), contrast, and the circular ending.
