Analyzing a short story The basic components of a short story 1. Plot (introduction‚ conflict‚ climax‚ resolution ) The sequence of events or incidents of which the story is composed. In the plot there may be diffferent kinds of conflicts (person agains person – person agains environment – person against him/herself). Artistic unity is essential to a good plot ; nothing irrelevant should be there that does not contribute to the total meaning.
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1. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines 2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles 3. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz
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Oedipus Complex‚ structuralism Texts: Lawrence‚ Sons and Lovers Lawrence‚ “The Snake” Lawrence‚ “The Rockinghorse Winner” Lawrence‚ “The Blind Man” Lawrence‚ “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” Lawrence‚ “Gladiatorial” Lawrence‚ “Sex versus Loveliness” Maugham‚ Of Human Bondage Additional resources: Powerpoint‚ “Freud and Modern Thought” Powerpoint‚ “Literary Theory” Powerpoint‚ “Structuralism and Semiotics” Various fine arts resources Handout‚ “An Incomplete List of Archetypes” Handout‚ “Structuralism
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Bildungsroman Bildungsroman is the name affixed to those novels that concentrate on the development or education of a central character. German in origin‚ “bildungs” means formation‚ and “roman” means novel. Although The History of Agathon‚ written by Christoph Martin Wieland in 1766–1767‚ may be the first known example‚ it was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship‚ written in 1795‚ that took the form from philosophical to personal development and gave celebrity to the genre
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ENGLISH-A CLASS XI Full Marks – 100 1. Prose – 20 marks 2. Verse – 20 marks Textual Grammar – 16 marks 1. Essay writing [350-400 words] – 12 marks 2. Rhetoric – 12 marks 3. Project – 20 marks Prose and Poetry – (40 m/40P) Prose 1. One of these Days-Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. The Sunder-bans Inheritance- Bittu Sehgal 3. Making Writing Simple- J.B. Priestley 4. Through the Tunnel- Dorris Lessing Poetry 1. Stolen Boat – William Wordsworth 2. You who never arrived – Rainer Maria Rilke 3. Snake- D H Lawrence
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Educating Rita An exploration through a variety of texts that deal with ‘aspects of growing up and transitions into new phrases of an individual’s life’. This question in the HSC is usually a common question that invites the student to apply their text and individual other related material to the question. As such it is much easier to plan‚ organise and prepare a response. Students MUST remember that the question/task will be about ‘Into the World’‚ not Educating Rita! Any response requires
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Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist‚ known for her feminist‚ magical realism‚ and picaresque works. In 2008‚ The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012‚ Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Biography Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne‚ in 1940‚ Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her maternal grandmother. As a teenager she battled against
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Новое в зарубежной лингвистике‚ вып. 17. М.: Прогресс‚ 1986. 12. Cynthia Voigt‚ “Homecoming”‚ New York‚ 1981. 13. Ellen Schwamm‚ “How he saved her”‚ New York‚ 1983. 14. Jane Austen‚ “Persuasion”‚ Bantam Books‚ New York‚ 1984. 15. W. Somerset Maugham‚ “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ Raduga‚ M.‚ 1984. 16. Daphne du Maurier‚ “Rebecca”‚ Cornwell‚ (England:country)‚ 1990.
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The EMA In the light of your study of both parts of E301‚ analyse and compare evidence for both literariness and creativity in a short ‘everyday’ English language text and a short‚ ‘literary’ English language text‚ both of which you have selected yourself. E301 Guidelines for approaching the EMA CONTENTS LIST 1. Interpreting the question – some general points 2. Steps in writing your EMA 3. Identifying techniques you might use to analyse your texts 4. Identifying key course themes which may
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post-modernist literature and crime fiction novels. His most prestigious awards include a Man Booker Prize Award in 2011 and three shortlists for the same in 2005‚ 1998‚ and 1984. He is also the winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize‚ the Somerset Maugham Award and the Commandeur of L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He typically writes his crime fiction under the moniker of Dan Kavagh. He has also written numerous essays‚ short stories and novels under his real name. He translated one of Alphonse Daudet’s
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