Phillip Lyssy English 1302 Professor Cuyler 5 April‚ 2013 Literary Analysis One choice the author makes in regards to characterization is the fact that the components of characterization such as the protagonist‚ the conflict in the story‚ and how the character’s personalities are portrayed are quite simple to understand in his writing. He chooses so to help the reader better understand the story and situation through clear statements about the characters and in the characters’ dialogue. “"Comrade
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violent social change that these characters must survive. Protagonists‚ Betty in Not Without My Daughter and Wladyslaw in The Pianist respond to the violent social change presented to them in different ways. The authors of both texts used different literary and film techniques to convey these themes to the reader and
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for in a passage 1. Diction (word use): Look for strange or unusual words‚ descriptive words or words that you don’t know the meaning of. Look for neologisms (new words) and words which have more than one meaning to them. 2. Literary devices: there is a wealth of literary devices that authors can use when writing. Think carefully about why an author may use one and what affect these have on readers. 3. Structure (sentence and paragraph): Look for variations in sentence structure and type‚ look
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Language A1 World Literature—Assessment Introduction To complete the assessment requirements of the language Al course‚ all candidates must submit written assignments based on the world literature works they have studied. These are referred to as "world literature assignments". World literature assignments: • must be written during the course • are externally assessed against four criteria related to the objectives of the language Al course. At both HL and SL‚ world literature
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‘In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art’. Discuss ways of approaching a text by referring to Susan Sontag’s ‘Against Interpretation’. There are many ways of approaching a text and interpretation is the most important and controversial way to explore a text. A hermeneutics and an erotics of art‚ which are the types of interpretation‚ will be explored in this essay to discuss ways of approaching a text. Besides‚ ‘Against Interpretation’ will be a main reference in this essay. ‘In
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Literary Semiotics Quite often the terms semiotics and semiology are equal‚ so that often instead semiotics use semiology and vice versa. Ferdinand de Saussure speaks of the sign and the first makes the distinction between semiotics and semiology. Semiotics is the general theory of signs. Semiology study the functioning of the sign in the social practice. Today avoids this distinction and semiotics equate with semiology‚ ie‚ they are synonyms. GENERAL Semiotics: The sign does not exist only
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Unflagging ’India’s Missing Freedom’ The essay “Flagging India’s Missing Freedom” by Dipankar Gupta is a very well-written essay. The title of the essay is very captivating and still remains quite appropriate. The author tries to drive home the point that India‚ as a nation is insecure The essay is very persuasive and does a good job in imprinting the point of the author onto the reader’s head. The author clearly states that punishing individuals for caricature of the flag is a negative trait
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WRITING AN ACADEMIC BOOK REVIEW Writing a book review may be an unfamiliar exercise‚ it is not as complex a task as writing an essay requiring a lot of library research. It is‚ however‚ not the same as a book review in The Age‚ which is written for the general reader. Your book review is written for a reader (your lecturer or tutor) who is knowledgeable in the discipline and is interested not just in the coverage and content of the book being reviewed‚ but also in your critical assessment of
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938E-7CC3C79F6FC2/0/notes_on_close_reading.pdf What does it mean to read a text closely and analyze it? Why do we do close reading in literary study? The answers to these questions emerge more from the doing than the talking. Briefly‚ close reading is a basic tool for understanding‚ taking pleasure in‚ and communicating one’s interpretation of a literary work. The skills employed in close reading lend themselves to all kinds of cultural interpretation and investigation. Close reading takes
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Evaluating fiction is not based on which piece of literature is a better story‚ or was written by a more profound author‚ instead‚ literature can be loosely evaluated by two main judgments. First‚ each piece should be reviewed as to how fully it connects to the central purpose‚ or theme of the work. Each element of the story should contribute to the central theme in a well executed story. Second‚ each work should be judged by how powerful the purpose is. This can cause differing judgements between
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