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Tekstanalyse og –historie

Tekstanalyse og –historie. Session One. Agenda. Introduction: the course, the website, the KDB 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.

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Tekstanalyse og –historie

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  1. Tekstanalyse og –historie Session One Session One

  2. Agenda • Introduction: the course, the website, the KDB • 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 Session One

  3. Introduction: the course, the website, the KDB • http://www.hum.aau.dk/~i12jk/jenskirk/undervisningsmappe/tekstanalyseoghistorie09-10/programme.htm • Talking and writing about ”Text”: WHY??? • Forms of work, evaluation and exam • Preparation, attendance, assignments, the exam portfolio Session One

  4. ”Text” • Human beings are literary animals • Narrative, metaphor: we make sense by telling stories and using analogies • 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. Session One

  5. Session One

  6. The exam portfolio(Handin date: Spring 2011) • Two assignments from the fall semester • Two assignments from the spring semester • Your teacher’s feedback and comments for each assignments • Your own response to and reflections on your teacher’s feedback and comments Session One

  7. Introduction: Today’s session • Key concepts: Motif and theme • An example: ”The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree” Session One

  8. Key Concepts • Motif: ”… a conspicuous element, such as a type of incident, device, reference, or formula, which occurs frequently in works of literature” (Abrams) Session One

  9. Key Concepts • 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) Session One

  10. Motif: ”Raw material” Explicit, overt Theme: Explicit Implicit, implied, hidden, covert Key Concepts Session One

  11. "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) ”The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree” Session One

  12. Motifs • Gardening: tree, fruit, planting, soil, etc • Interlocution: turn taking, commands, questions, answers • Power: employer, employee, • Universals? Session One

  13. Themes • Possibilities: • Religious • Moral • Educational Session One

  14. 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? Session One

  15. Class room discussion: theme and motif in Greene’s story Session One

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