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Notes: Subject and Theme

Notes: Subject and Theme. English 1. Subject/Topic/Idea. Subject: the topic of a work of literature Examples: love, war, racism, WWII, fruit, peace, etc. Theme. Middle school definition: a message or lesson of a work of literature

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Notes: Subject and Theme

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  1. Notes: Subject and Theme English 1

  2. Subject/Topic/Idea • Subject: the topic of a work of literature • Examples: love, war, racism, WWII, fruit, peace, etc.

  3. Theme • Middle school definition:a message or lesson of a work of literature • High school definition: a discovery of a truth about our own human experience expressed in a complete sentence

  4. No two readers state a theme in exactly the same way All readers do not have to see the same theme in a story A reader does not have to agree with the theme of a story, but it is always able to be proved w/evidence from the text Examples: 1) Love is not always enough to make a relationship last. 2) Torture and fear of death can be used to control people. 3) Perception is reality. Theme

  5. Universal Theme • Universal theme: a theme which occurs over and over again in many works of literature • Examples: • 1) Don’t judge a book by its cover. • 2) Love conquers all. • (these are clichés & are brief examples only; yours will be much more complex & thoughtful)

  6. To sum up • A theme is an idea that has been placed into a complete sentence and expresses a proveable truth about the work. • It is different from a phrase or word; these are thematic ideas, but they are not THEMES.

  7. THE END 

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