Conforming to and challenging literary conventions

What this note covers

1. What are literary conventions, and why do they matter?
2. Genre conventions and diverse perspectives: the critical framework
3. Structural conventions: chronology, closure, and narrative logic
4. Stylistic conventions: voice, diction, imagery, and form
5. Genre conventions and their representational politics
6. Analysing effects on the reader: cognitive, emotional, and ideological impacts
7. Writing the critical response: integrating analysis of convention, style, and representation

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