YEAR 11 ENGLISH
the COLLECTOR

This guide has been developed to support the novel The Collector.

Don't forget there is an audiobook of ​The Collector available on Connect.

If you have any problems with these resources or need further help, please contact Mrs Bakitch.

Last updated 9 March 2025

• The Author

• The Book

• Literary Devices

• Themes

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• John Fowles

  

  Aubrey, J. R. (1991). John Fowles: A reference companion. Greenwood Press.

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  Bawer, B. (1987). John Fowles and his big ideas. The New Criterion, 5(8). https://newcriterion.com/article/john-fowles-and-his-big-ideas/

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  Drazin, C. (2008). John Fowles. https://www.charlesdrazin.com/article-john-fowles

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  Endicott, D. W. (1994). John Fowles. In D. R. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 139. British Short-Fiction Writers, 1945-1980. Gale.

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  John Fowles. (n.d.). https://app.vaia.com/studyset/6650015/summary/40567259

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  John Fowles. (2006). In Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale.

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  Janet Moredock. (2018). John Fowles. In L. J. Trudeau (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 422). Gale.

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  Pifer, E., & Moseley, M. (1999). John Fowles. In M. Moseley (Ed.), Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 207. British Novelists Since 1960: Third Series. Gale.

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  Source: Penguin Young Readers
• The Book

  

  Acheson, J. (1998). John Fowles. Macmillan Education.

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  Aubrey, J. R. (1991). John Fowles: A reference companion. Greenwood Press.

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  Bagchee, S. (1985). The Collector: The Paradoxical Imagination of John Fowles. In D. G. Marowski & J. C. Stine (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 33). Gale.

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  Cooper, P. (1991). The fictions of John Fowles : Power, creativity, femininity. University Of Ottawa Press.
  

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  Ehrlich, L., & Kennedy, P. (2014). The collector. https://www.gradesaver.com/the-collector

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  Laughlin, R. M. (1972). Faces of power in the novels of John Fowles. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 13(3), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.1972.10690009

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  Onega, S. (1989). Form and meaning in the novels of John Fowles. UMI Research Press.
  

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  Punter, D. (2013). Gothic and neo-gothic in Fowler’s The Collector. In J. Acheson (Ed.), John Fowles. Palgrave Macmillan.
  

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  Reynolds, M., & Noakes, J. (2003). John Fowles: The essential guide to contemporary literature. Vintage.

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  Rackham, J. (1972). John Fowles: The existential labyrinth. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 13(3), 89–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.1972.10690010
  

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  Sawyer, I. (2024). 'The collector' LitCharts. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-collector

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• WHAT ARE LITERARY DEVICES?

  
  ​Literary devices are techniques and structures used by writers to

  • convey a message
  • create an effect
  • evoke emotions in the reader 

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  These devices can be used to add emphasis to a literary work, make it more interesting, or convey a deeper meaning. The use of literary devices can turn a simple piece of writing into a masterpiece, and can make the reader engage with the text on a deeper level.​

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  For a complete list of literary techniques you can visit Matrix Education's English Literary Techniques Toolkit or The MasterClass article - 22 Essential Literary Devices and How to Use them in Your Writing.

  Literary Devices

  

  Costa, D. (1995). Narrative voice and focalization: The presentation of the different selves in John Fowles the collector. In C. Giroux & B. Narins (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 87). Gale. 

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• WHAT IS A THEME?

  A theme is a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature. One key characteristic of literary themes is their universality, which is to say that themes are ideas that not only apply to the specific characters and events of a book or play, but also express broader truths about human experience that readers can apply to their own lives.
  
  Some additional key details about theme:
  

  • All works of literature have themes. The same work can have multiple themes, and many different works explore the same or similar themes.
  • Themes are sometimes divided into thematic concepts and thematic statements. A work's thematic concept is the broader topic it touches upon (love, forgiveness, pain, etc.) while its thematic statement is what the work says about that topic. For example, the thematic concept of a romance novel might be love, and, depending on what happens in the story, its thematic statement might be that "Love is blind," or that "You can't buy love."
  • Themes are almost never stated explicitly. Oftentimes you can identify a work's themes by looking for a repeating symbol, motif, or phrase that appears again and again throughout a story, since it often signals a recurring concept or idea.

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  THEMES

  

  Ładuch, E. (2022). Various aspects of freedom in John Fowles novels The Collector and The Magus. Forum Filologiczne Ateneum, 1(10), 317–332. https://doi.org/10.36575/2353-2912/1(10)2022.317
  

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