Cultural code

What you’ll learn

1. Recognise echoes of folklore and explain what changes in a new performance.
2. Distinguish an exact quotation from a title, paraphrase and allusion, and track changes of tone.
3. Explain a historical reference while distinguishing event, remembrance and present-day judgement.
4. Interpret a ritual gesture in its setting and present differing perspectives.
5. Convey the meaning of a screen line without presenting it as an exact quotation.
6. Compare possible interpretations and write a cultural commentary with justified qualifications.