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HOW to explore the “Distinctively Visual” aspects of a text

HOW to explore the “Distinctively Visual” aspects of a text. By Ms. L Krieger. FIRST STEP… CHOOSE SIGNIFICANT SECTIONS OF THE TEXT WHICH SHOW:. CHARACTER SETTING   TIME PERIOD

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HOW to explore the “Distinctively Visual” aspects of a text

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  1. HOW toexplore the “Distinctively Visual” aspects ofa text By Ms. L Krieger

  2. FIRST STEP… CHOOSE SIGNIFICANT SECTIONS OF THE TEXT WHICH SHOW: • CHARACTER • SETTING   • TIME PERIOD • DIVISIONS IN SOCIETY (eg: rich vs poor, educated vs unskilled, city vs country, ethnic/nationality divisions etc…) • SOCIAL POSITION AND EXPECTATIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN • INCIDENTS OF: • CONFLICT… • RULES BEING BROKEN… • PROMISES MADE OR BROKEN… • CHARACTERS WHO DON’T WANT TO DO “WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM”… • LOYALTY AMONG FRIENDS/FAMILY… etc.

  3. SECOND STEP…FIND THE BEST & MOST POWERFUL QUOTATION FROM THE SECTION (it can be a piece of dialogue OR a description) that CAPTURES THE MAIN “IMAGE” (idea, mental picture) THAT YOU WANT EXPLORE/INCLUDE IN YOUR ANALYSIS

  4. THIRD STEP…WRITE OUT YOUR QUOTATION AND FOLLOW THE 3 DOT-POINT PLAN WHICH IS SHOWN BELOW!!!! Example 1.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Opening sentence of the novel: “It is truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife”

  5. List the language forms and features in the previous quote The language forms and features in this quote: • – high modality (“must”) • – formal language • – alliteration – “want of a wife” • – euphemism – “a man of good fortune”

  6. Explain the effect of these techniques • The combination of the techniquessuggest that: • everyone knows that in formal, wealthy and cultured society – men are not completely in “good fortune” unless he has a wife. • The quote positions the reader to see (mental visualisation) an image of wealthy, formal, cultured men from a time prior to the 20th Century. Perhaps an image of the upper class 19th century Englishman.

  7. Explain the: cultural assumption, social assumption, and historical assumption • The opening line immediately positions the reader to make the: • cultural assumption that – in the context of the novel – a wealthy man needs a wife; and that everyone knows this to be true • social assumption that wealthy men are not completely successful unless they “possess” a wife. Conversely, it suggests that poor men don’t need a wife. • Historical assumption, these social and cultural ideas were the accepted and expected norms in society. 

  8. Now...You try a passage from your text!

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