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Tekstanalyse

Tekstanalyse. Session One. Agenda. Introduction: the course Introduction: today’s session Group work: Reading Graham Greene’s ”I Spy” and preparing for our discussion Class room discussion: theme and motif in Greene’s story. Introduction: the course. ”Text” The programme Forms of work

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Tekstanalyse

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  1. Tekstanalyse Session One Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  2. Agenda • Introduction: the course • Introduction: today’s session • Group work: Reading Graham Greene’s ”I Spy” and preparing for our discussion • Class room discussion: theme and motif in Greene’s story Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  3. Introduction: the course • ”Text” • The programme • Forms of work • Evaluation and exam Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  4. ”Text” • Human beings are literary animals • Narrative • Metaphor • Anything produced by a human being in any medium can be read as a (literary) text: • Writing, speech, music, image, video, sculpture, installation • Everyday objects: clothes, holidays, gestures, etc. Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  5. The Programme • http://www.hum.aau.dk/~i12jk/jenskirk/undervisningsmappe/tekstanalyseoghistorie0708/Programme.htm Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  6. Forms of work • Individual • Group Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  7. Evaluation and Exam • The exam portfolio • Two assignments in the fall • Two assignments in the spring • My feedback and comments (x4) • Your response to my feedback and comments (x4) Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  8. Introduction: today’s session • Key concepts: Motif and theme • An example: ”The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree” Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  9. Key Concepts • Motif: ”… a conspicuous element, such as a type of incident, device, reference, or formula, which occurs frequently in works of literature” (Abrams) • Theme: ”… a general concept or doctrine, whether implicit or asserted, which an imaginative work is designed to incorporate and make persuasive to the reader” (Abrams) Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  10. ”The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree” • "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?' " 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' " (Luke 13:6-9) Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  11. Group work: Reading Graham Greene’s ”I Spy” • Read the short story • Discuss the motif(s) and theme(s) in the story • What ”general concept or doctrine” has Greene incorporated in the story? • What does it persuade the reader about? • How has the story been designed to persuade us? Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

  12. Class room discussion: theme and motif in Greene’s story Engelsk, 1. - 2. semester, 2007 - 2008

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