Writer's methods — A Christmas Carol — Eduqas GCSE English Literature C720
Eduqas GCSE English Literature · C720
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.
Eduqas's essay on this novel marks context as much as response and analysis: weave context into the argument, and treat the printed extract as a starting point, ranging across the beginning, middle and end of the novel.
