The main emphasis is on the conventions of the genre, and you have to incorporate values and context into it, and you normally back it up with techniques. Well, that's what we've been taught anyway. You can always get a copy of the syllabus to see what the outcomes are.
hey, i'm doing the silence of the lambs as a related text for the crime fiction module and i'm having a really hard time analysing it! does anyone have any notes on it, or knows where i can get some good info? thanks! :wave: