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Analyze fictional text
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Lecture notes of 1 pages for the course Englisch at Gymnasium (Analyze text help)
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FictionalTEXT ANALYSIS
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PREPARATION effect
• annotate the task + text (colours!) • draft outline
• write an intro + thesis + time management
• be aware of the text’s message, perspective and effect
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NARRATION
• narrative perspective
ne PLOT
• general structure
THEMES
• important general themes
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o first-person narrator (paragraphs, title, subtitles) (war, climate change...)
o third-person narrator • plot structure / storyline
(see personal pronouns) • motifs in the sense of distinctive
• limited or unlimited / • setting / atmosphere / mood features or repeating ideas
• tension, conflicts + climax • other thematic aspects
omniscient point of view • how are these ideas represented
• shift in perspective? • flashbacks or foreshadowing and what effect does this have?
• reliability of the narrator? • how is the action presented? • comparable to other works?
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ÄÄÄÄÄ LANGUAGE
CHARACTERS stylistic devices like
• symbolism + imagery
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• use the simple present
• (in)direct characterisation
• simile + metaphor + comparisons • use paragraphs for the different
+ important character traits
• allusion + references aspects don’t go through the
• round or flat characters
• irony + humor + parody text just chronologically!
• character relationships or • parallelism + repetition • use connectives + analysis terms
constellations
• antithesis + contrast + paradox • correct citation styles
• character development • understatement + exaggeration
• formal style / no short forms
• protagonist + antagonist choice of words / language / style • simple, active + straightforward
sentence structure (s-v-o)
• proofread with a specific focus
on your most common mistakes
MY FOCUS • there are general text functions
(to present, entertain + criticise)
• and very specific effects
(e.g. to emphasise a point, appeal
to the reader’s life, to make
something relatable...)
Focus only on the most important
and effective aspects of the text!
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