'Breathless: An American Girl in Paris'- Nancy Miller Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
What type of narrative is it?
A
Bildungsroman- coming of age narrative
2
Q
How does Miller romanticise Paris?
A
Use of figurative language and drawing on stereotypes, traditional of female writers
3
Q
What is the genre?
A
Travel memoir
4
Q
Who is the audience?
A
Literate, English young women.
5
Q
What is the purpose?
A
Entertain with slight persuasion
6
Q
What is the mode?
A
Written
7
Q
What is the perspective?
A
Outsider female perspective with insider knowledge, through use of French lexis
8
Q
What is the journey?
A
Double-Journey
