Text Analysis Ragtime I am going to tell you about an extract from E.L. Doctorow’s novel “Ragtime”. In the 1920’s Ragtime was a form of music‚ song and dance of black US origin. We can distinctly see the structure of the text: its exposition‚ the story‚ climax and denouement. In the exposition a Negro man who was looking for a young woman named Sarah is described. He was driving along the street in a new car which was shining and gleaming trying to find the needed address. He was dressed
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The book is thus a vehicle for Doctorow’s indictments of American capitalism. Author Overview The novel was written in 1980 by a contemporaneous author named E. L. Doctorow. E. L. Doctorow is generally considered to be among the most talented‚ ambitious‚ and admired novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Doctorow was born in 1931 and fantasized about the 1930’s crime life as a child. He is an American novelist‚ short story writer‚ editor‚ essayist‚ as well as dramatist. Highly-regarded
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Analysis “Ragtime” is a novel set in America at the beginning of this century. Its characters reflect all that is most significant and dramatic in America’s last hundred years. The author‚ E.L. Doctorow‚ an American writer‚ is famous for his novels which include “Welcome to Hard Times” and “The book of Daniel” which was nominated for a national Book Award. The story “Ragtime” is written in the third person narration. The narrator is omniscient and unobtrusive as he doesn’t interfere and doesn’t
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Ragtime E. L. Doctorow CHARACTERS Mother: Mother is part of the upper class family living in New Rochelle. Disappointed by her marriage to Father‚ she marries Tateh after Father’s death. She often feels guilt over her treatment of her brother. Throughout the novel she experiences many changes through her care for the child of Coalhouse and Sarah‚ as well as her newfound awareness of her sexuality. Father: Father owns a company that manufactures fireworks and other accessories of patriotism such
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In the novel «Ragtime» by E.L. Doctorow the scene is laid in New York city. The given extract introduces the story of a professional musician Coalhouse Walker who wants to give back Sarah`s affection. The story begins with the mention of the arrival of the Negro man in New York where one white family lives. After that the author gives a brief description of a black man who comes to see his beloved and points out that for Mother he doesn’t act as other Negroes do. Further on Doctorow digresses from
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Алёшкина (АЯ-41(2)) The analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” (by E.L. Doctorow) “Ragtime” is an E.L. Doctorow’s novel that was published in 1975 and later won the National Book Critics Circle Award. E.L Doctorow himself is a famous American writer who is widely known for his unique works of historical fiction. The novel itself belongs to the epic kind of literature. It’s a contemporary realistic novel because it depicts actual events of the beginning of the 20th century taking place in the
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Ragtime by Maria Sevostyanova EG-42 “Ragtime” is a novel about the American life at the beginning of the 20th century. This book was written by the American writer Edgar Laurence Doktorow in 1975. This story tells us about Coalhouse Walker Jr.‚ a black pianist‚ who leaves his pregnant girlfriend Sarah to make a career. Sarah tries to kill her baby but a family of honest and kind people takes her into their house to take care of her and her baby. The extract taken for the analysis
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The key scenes employed by E.L. Doctorow to emphasize the notion that Wakefield is a relatable and appreciable character are the description of Howard’s life following his first night in the attic‚ the pride he showcases in his new lifestyle‚ and the relationship he develops with Dr. Sondervan’s
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The author of the novel “Ragtime” is rather popular American writer Edgar Lawrence Doctorow who was born in the Bronx‚ New York City. He was the son of second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent. He published his first literary effort‚ The Beetle‚ in the school literary magazine‚ Dynamo. Young Edgar described his masterpiece as “a tale of etymological self-defamation inspired by my reading of Kafka”. During all his life he was send to the military service‚ than had a wife and 3 children
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Stylistic analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” This novel is written by the well-known novelist E.L. Doctorow. He was born in the Bronx‚ New York City‚ the son of Rose (Levine) and David Richard Doctorow‚ second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent who named him after Edgar Allan Poe. E. L. DOCTOROW’S works of fiction include Homer & Langley‚The March‚ Billy Bathgate‚ Ragtime‚ the Book of Daniel‚ City of God‚ Welcome to Hard Times‚ Loon Lake‚ World’s Fair‚ The Waterworks‚ and All
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