The Power of Voice in Modern Drama · Modern Literature

Character Construction and Sociolect

Investigating how specific speech patterns and social dialects define character status and relationships on stage.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the use of non-standard English influence the audience's perception of a character's authority?
  2. 2In what ways do playwrights use silence and subtext to reveal internal conflict?
  3. 3How does a character's idiolect evolve in response to shifting power dynamics within a scene?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

A-Level: English Literature - Drama and CharacterisationA-Level: English Language - Variation and Sociolect
Year: Year 12
Subject: English
Unit: The Power of Voice in Modern Drama
Period: Modern Literature

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