Comprehensive Stylistic Analysis
for the 4th year students COMPREHENSIVE
ANALYSIS
of Text 1 “Doctor in the House” by R.Gordon
Developed and compiled by
Zhikhareva N.A., Bezhinar I.S.
Assignments in Interpretation
I. Plot and Plot structure Read more: (Borisova – pp.10-16)
Study Supplement 2 and answer the following questions:
1. What type of conflict is the plot based on? 2. Does the plot comprise a variety of events? Do the events involve physical movement or psychological movement, or both? 3. Are all the events logically related to the theme of the text? 4. A successful work of literature requires a suitable setting. From the list given below pick out the functions of the setting in the text 1: a. evoking the necessary atmosphere (or mood), appropriate to the general intention of the story; b. reinforcing characterization by either paralleling or contrasting the actions; c. reflecting the inner state of a character; d. placing the character in a recognizable realistic environment (such a setting may include geographical names and allusions to historical events); increasing the credibility of the whole plot; e. revealing certain features of the character (especially through domestic interiors); f. acting as the chief antagonist whom the hero must overcome when the theme and the main problem involves the conflict between man and nature. 5. What time span does the story cover? 6. Define the components of plot structure: a. What are the functions of the exposition in the text? b. How many events form the complications? Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? c. What is the climax of the story? d. Is there a denouement in the story? 7. Note the devices of presentational
ANALYSIS
of Text 1 “Doctor in the House” by R.Gordon
Developed and compiled by
Zhikhareva N.A., Bezhinar I.S.
Assignments in Interpretation
I. Plot and Plot structure Read more: (Borisova – pp.10-16)
Study Supplement 2 and answer the following questions:
1. What type of conflict is the plot based on? 2. Does the plot comprise a variety of events? Do the events involve physical movement or psychological movement, or both? 3. Are all the events logically related to the theme of the text? 4. A successful work of literature requires a suitable setting. From the list given below pick out the functions of the setting in the text 1: a. evoking the necessary atmosphere (or mood), appropriate to the general intention of the story; b. reinforcing characterization by either paralleling or contrasting the actions; c. reflecting the inner state of a character; d. placing the character in a recognizable realistic environment (such a setting may include geographical names and allusions to historical events); increasing the credibility of the whole plot; e. revealing certain features of the character (especially through domestic interiors); f. acting as the chief antagonist whom the hero must overcome when the theme and the main problem involves the conflict between man and nature. 5. What time span does the story cover? 6. Define the components of plot structure: a. What are the functions of the exposition in the text? b. How many events form the complications? Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? c. What is the climax of the story? d. Is there a denouement in the story? 7. Note the devices of presentational