In 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan, the protagonist's development as a writer is signaled through her intertextual engagement with which genre?
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Correct answer: Modernist stream-of-consciousness
The novel charts the shift from Briony's early, melodramatic writing to a sophisticated Modernist style influenced by Virginia Woolf. The text itself mimics these styles to reflect her growth and her attempt at literary 'atonement'.
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