excerpt “An Interlude” from the novel October Light is a literary narrative portraying young love relying primarily on description. Gardner’s excerpt could be called a love scene‚ but it is hardly traditional or cliché. His main purpose seems to be to create similarity between the two characters by giving physical descriptions of Margie and Terence‚ and describing the setting they are in. The writer’s main tactic is simple literary narrative‚ as he illustrates the short interactions between the young boy
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critically acclaimed‚ yet possibly the most provocative and controversial‚ filmmakers working in the industry today. His filmic style is unique and consistent‚ remaining widely recognised for his cinema of discomfort. Haneke repeatedly returns to similar narrative themes based on social and often political contexts consistently challenging audiences to “consider their own responsibility for what they watch” (Brunnette‚ 2010‚ 2). In doing so‚ Haneke has successfully identified himself as one of the most acclaimed
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Kevin Scott English 120 Prof. Creeley 2/28/13 Time O’Brien: Depictions of Soldiers Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ consists of a series of interconnecting narratives that tell the stories of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. Each story depicts the soldiers in a different way. It can be inferred that O’Brien did this purposefully to illustrate to the reader the different sides of every soldier. O’Brien describes the soldiers in two main‚ ironically opposing ways; an honorable
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having to see the sorrow in their eyes and their voice. Even without the sight of a human‚ our ears can sense the softness and innocence in a person’s voice as they are depressed‚ aggressive‚ or cheerful. 3. How does the setting relate to the narrative? (Choose a specific example/scene from the film). The setting has pathetic fallacy‚ with the dark eerie mood and dark skies and white skin. With excessive use of black and white‚ it adds a scary and tragedy which matches the story line. 4.
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P A R T 1. A N A L Y Z I N G F I C T I O N MODULE 1 1.1. The fictional world of a literary work Literature is writing that can be read in many ways. We can read it as a form of history‚ biography‚ or autobiography. We can read it as an example of linguistic structures or rhetorical conventions manipulated for special effect. We can view it as a material product of the culture that produced it. We can see it as an expression of beliefs and values of a particular class. We can also see a work of literature
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Q. Find out more about magic Realism. Do you think this story employs elements of magic realism? Ans. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most prolific writer of the twentieth century. Marquez adopts a distinctive narrative style in his writings which is popularly known as magic realism. It is a combination of myth‚ legend‚ dream and fantasy with a plot that has Verisimilitude. Magic Realism is an extended view of Postmodernism. Postmodernism had been applied to the literature and art after World
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Pre-writing Graphic Organizer Topic: Generating Ideas: Who? List and describe the characters involved in the narrative you are creating. Character Name: How would you describe this character? Why? Physical Appearance Feelings Attitude Character Name: How would you describe this character? Why? Physical Appearance Feelings Attitude Character Name: How would you describe this character? Why?
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with prose fiction study and to texts you have enjoyed reading independently. Are there any you would consider appropriate for study with a year 11‚ 12 or 13 class? Why? Activity 1:1:1: Discussion Forum - Texts for study Narrative study - an overview The study of narrative is the study of how stories are told. When we study prose fiction‚ we are looking in detail at the choices that the author has made and how those choices combine to create a particular piece of writing. It is important to convey
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Within the extract‚ Niffengger uses a variety of the possible presentations of speech and thought‚ mainly including Indirect‚ Free Indirect and Narrative Presentation of Speech/Thought Acts. Due to the novel making use of a heterodiegetic narrator‚ there are also many narrative report of action clauses (NRAs). NRAs are described by Simpson (2003) as maintaining ‘the ongoing action of the story as well as providing an external framework around which the strands of speech and thought are woven’ (p24)
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as a movement in art and literature that revolted against rigid social conventions. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelly stresses the importance of individualism in Romantic Literature by developing various narratives of the story to generate perspectives of the same environment through different narratives. Robert Walton begins the novel through an epistolary frame for the actual story to build on. We learn that Walton is on a journey to venture to an area where no man has gone before and is also in search
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