Around the World in 80 Dates- Jennifer Cox Flashcards
(12 cards)
Significance of title
Comic allusion/ intertextual reference to ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.
What is the genre?
Non-fiction travel memoir
Who is the audience
Music fans, people with interest in the macabre, travel and love (catering more toward women).
What is the purpose?
Entertain and semi-inform on the date’s lives.
What is the mode?
Written/ personal account
What is the journey?
Metaphysical and Physical
London to Paris, Life to Death, Finding Love
What is the perspective?
Outsider perspective but with some insider knowledge due to previously working for Lonely Planet
How is the text anthologised?
Put in the ‘City-Lit: Paris’ anthology and the AQA Anthology
What ideas does Cox introduce about mourning?
Themes of ritual and performance, demonstrated through the semantic field of performance in lines 66.
Significance of ‘resemble a pub ashtray’ and ‘dimmed and died’.
Juxtaposition of comedic simile with macabre visual imagery creates a unique perspective on death.
How does it conclude?
Reflexive ending on connections with death, fitting Labov’s Narrative Structure on endings being Evaluations.
How does Cox create generational connection of Jim Morrison?
Repetition of first person collective pronoun in a self-reflective tone.
