Instructions for Sequence Analysis A. State the "message(s)" of the scene or sequence‚ i.e.‚ what is the filmmaker trying to communicate? B. Justify your statement in A by explaining how the five main channels of information in film--visual image‚ print and other graphics‚ speech‚ music‚ noise (sound effects)--work together to communicate it. Note that not all films make use of all five channels (e.g.‚ print and graphics were common in the era of the silent film) and‚ further‚ that the intermittent
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Department of English Language and Literature Semester 1‚ 2006/07 EL5221: The Linguistic Analysis of Literature Programme Lecturer: A/P Ismail S Talib Brief Module Description This interface module deals with some of the ways that linguistics and discourse analysis can be used for the analysis of literature. Among the topics covered are the grammatical features in literary texts‚ the sounds of poetry‚ and discourse situations in fictional narrative. This module will be useful for higher-degree students
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How do you think states can escape the ‘security dilemma’‚ and achieve security without making other states afraid? Try to explain with historical examples. Security is the fundamental goal of all states. Every state want to be secured and have no fears about another state taking over it. Security dilemma occurs when there is no trust between the states and each state will fear the other. States cannot depend or trust another one for obtaining its security because the intentions are never known
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power. The spells and enchantments that figure in so many tales remind us of the ambiguous potency in words‚ for creating or destroying‚ for binding or setting free. Italo Calvino‚ a wizard of storytelling‚ described literature as "a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary." Calvino’s remark holds true‚ I believe‚ not just for the highfalutin’
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SOME PHRASES‚ WHICH MAY BE HELPFUL WHILE PREPARING THE ANALYSIS 1. INTRODUCTORY PHRASES The text under analysis/study is taken from the novel ... belonging to the pen of ...‚ the famous/ well-known/ celebrated/ popular writer. He belongs to the brilliant school of critical realism/romanticism/modernism‚ etc The author is the master of psychological analysis. His works are marked by a deep penetration into the soul of man/keen observation of characters In his work the author
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GENERAL NOTIONS 1. Kinds of Literature Literature can be subdivided into various kinds according to various criteria. It can exist in oral (folklore) or written form; literary speech can be prosaic or poetic. Literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction is a prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people‚ places‚ events. The main forms/genres of non-fiction are character sketch‚ journal‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ biography‚ essay etc. Fiction is
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King James Version: 1 Corinthians Chapter 13. Analysis The text under consideration is taken from The First Epistle to the Corinthians‚ King James Version of the Bible (Chapter 13) in the New Testament. To Corinthians is a letter from Paul of Tarsus and Sosthenes to the Christians of Corinth‚ Greece. Saint Paul is regarded to be one of the most important figures in the history of the Western world. He was a Christian missionary who took the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. In the
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Work without hope analysis Work without hope was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is mainly about how spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around and the speaker seems to still be stuck in his depression. The first half of the stanza includes a personification In the first half of the poem‚ the speaker identifies that the bees‚ slugs‚ and birds are coming out of hibernation. The speaker seems depressed as spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around
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This is a story by Bob Thurber‚ an American writer. The text under analysis is a short story‚ a true-life boy’s story. The general atmosphere of the text is ironical and moralizing. The title of the text is “The Cricket War” judging by it we can guess that the matter is about insects and the fight against them. The story describes the events happening in one family. They met with the invasion of crickets and started an unequal battle with them. The more people tried to banish the crickets‚ the
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VOCABULARY FOR STYLE ANALYSIS 1. The problem of the text: to set an important (serious‚ burning‚ urgent‚ vital) problem‚ to solve the problem of‚ it seems to be a great problem (of ...)‚ to render the idea of social injustice‚ inequality‚ pollution‚ humanity‚ charity‚ the state independence‚ unemployment‚ discrimination‚ to tackle the problem of 1. The point of the story: to make the point plain‚ to show how vital the point of the text is‚ to expound the point by repeating the
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