Hawksmoor Exam Focus Things we want to be able to write about and support with analysis in the exam: Dyers gothic purpose in creating the churches How does this relate contextually to our purpose and eighties greed in defying the limitations of mortality? His dark arts and sacrifice will come into this. How does this involve Machiavellian singleness of purpose? How does this relate to the circular and yet inexorable nature of time? Consider the emergence of science in the eighteenth century. How does Dyer combine science with the supernatural? How does duality features in this idea? Where does rationality stand in the face of Dyers existential quandary? Why is Dyer obsessed with the opposite of his name? What contextual features of 18th century London does this utilise? Hawksmoors obsession with his case How does this reflect gothic alienation? What comments are being made about the most popular genre of fiction, crime? How does this aspect feature the interplay between the real, the ideal and the supernatural? What does this make of the very corporeal eighties obsession with materialism, consumerism and capitalism? Why does the supernatural win, contextually, when crime fiction always falls back upon science sweeping away the responders desire for superstitious explanation in the denouement? Crime fiction conventions Process of investigation that follows deductive reasoning down a path of signification Building of suspense around solving the crime and discovering the truth, using foreshadowing and red herrings (false clues) Denouement ties the loose ends together and reveals perpetrators and motives for crimes Detective figure is usually troubled and detached in modern CF to reflect the endemic moral turpitude of society Stylistic Features Why write every odd chapter in stylised Middle English? What is post modern about this text and how does that contribute to textual purpose for Ackroyd? Have you grasped the gothic idea in your analysis and presentation of evidence that the supernatural represents our desire to materialise our fears and dreams?
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