Representations of concepts, identities, times and places

What this note covers

1. What 'representation' means in literary analysis
2. Representing concepts: ideology embedded in abstraction
3. Representing identities: construction, power and the 'other'
4. Representing times: historical consciousness and narrative reconstruction
5. Representing places: space, ideology and belonging
6. Authorial perspective, reader positioning and critical distance
7. Writing the critical response: integrating representation analysis

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes