Nineteenth Century Gothic · Spring Term 1

Narrative Perspective

Evaluating the use of unreliable narrators and epistolary forms in Gothic fiction.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does a first person perspective limit or enhance the reader's understanding of events?
  2. 2Why might an author choose to tell a story through a series of letters or diary entries?
  3. 3How does the distance between the narrator and the action affect the level of suspense?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: English Literature - Narrative PerspectiveGCSE: English Literature - 19th Century Prose
Year: Year 10
Subject: English
Unit: Nineteenth Century Gothic
Period: Spring Term 1

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