intro literary analysis
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Lesson 8 Introduction toLiterary Analysis
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Writers Prompt:
v Listen to Janis Ians hauntingsong, At Seventeen.
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Write what you think Iansmessage is
v Write your reaction to thissong
v How would you characterizethis song?
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Janis Ian At Seventeen
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Assignments
v Read, Reason, Write Readpage 717 through page 721 due next class
v Read The Story of an Hourby Kate Chopin page 726 due next class
v Read Jack Londons To Build AFire. This will be used asthe basis of your Literary
Analysis Essay.
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Literary Analysis
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What is Literary Analysis?
v Its literary
v Its an analysis
v Its--
v An Argument!
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It may also involve researchon and analysis ofsecondary sources
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What is an Analysis?
v An analysis of a literary workmay discuss
How the various components of
an individual work relate toeach other
How two separate literaryworks deal with similar
concepts or forms
How concepts and forms inliterary works relate to largeraesthetic, political, social,
economic, or religious
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How is It Literary?
v Usually, a literary analysis willinvolve a discussion of a textas writing, thus the term
literary, which meanshaving to do with letters
vThis will involve the use of
certain concepts that arevery specifically associatedwith literature
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How is Literary Analysis anArgument?
v When writing a literary analysis,you will focus on specificattribute(s) of the text(s).
v When discussing theseattributes, you will want tomake sure that you aremaking a specific, arguable
point (thesis) about theseattributes.
vYou will defend this point with
reasons and evidence drawnfrom the text. Much like a
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Literary Analysis
v Uses same analysis process aswhen analyzing nonfiction:
Examine the context
To whom is the author writing?
Under what circumstances ishe/she writing?
What literary format is beingused?
What is the writers style?
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Anti Analysis Naysayers
v Some readers want a work ofliterature to mean whateverthey think it means
v If you decide that a RobertFrost poem should meanwhatever you are feelingwhen you read it you may
as well skip the poem andjust express your feelings
v One reads Frost and otherliterature to gain insightwhich goes beyond ones
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Anti Analysis Naysayers
v Some readers hate the wordanalysis as if an analysistears the work apart and
ruins it
v If so what about sportsanalysis? Does it ruin the
game being played?
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Writing a Literary
Analysis
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Important Literary Concepts
Other key conceptsHistorical context
Social, political,economic contexts
IdeologyMultiple voices
Various criticalorientations
Literary theory
v The Basics
Plot
Setting
Narration/pointof view
Characterization
Symbol
Metaphor
Genre
Irony/ambiguity
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v Moby-Dickis about theproblem of evil.
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Moby-Dickis boring andpointless.
v Moby-Dickis about a big,white whale.
vThe use of whiteness inMoby-Dickillustrates theuncertainty about the
meaning of life that Ishmael
Which is the Best ThesisStatement?
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How Do I Support a ThesisStatement?
v Examples from the text:
Direct quotations
Summaries of scenes
Paraphrase
v Other critics opinions
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Historical and social contextv Always remember to read
carefully and highlightuseful passages and quotes
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What is a Secondary Source?
v A book or article thatdiscusses the text you arediscussing
v A book or article thatdiscusses a theory related tothe argument you are
makingv A book or article that
discusses the social andhistorical context of the textyou are discussing
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How Do I Find SecondarySources?
v MLA International Bibliography
v Dictionary of Literary Biography
v Discipline-specific sources Example: America: History and Life
for American literature
v Other search engines
v A bibliography that is part ofyour text
v Ask your instructor
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There Was An Old Woman
Who Lived In A Shoe
There was an old womanwho lived in a shoe,
She had so many childrenshe didn't know what to do;
She gave them some brothwithout any bread;
She whipped them allsoundly
and put them to bed.
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Where Can I Go for MoreHelp?
vThe Purdue University WritingLab
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http://owl.english.purdue.eduv [email protected]
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If time permits
v Begin reading The Story of anHour in class