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Literary Themes
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What is a theme?
Themes can be found everywhere:
literature, popular books, art,
movies, décor…
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What is a theme?
The theme of a fable is its moral.
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What is a theme?
The theme of a parable is its teaching.
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What is a theme?
The theme of a piece of literature is its view about life and how
people behave.
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Theme is the…
• underlying meaning of the story,
• a universal truth
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Theme is a… …significant statement about
society, human nature, or the
human condition.
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Theme = idea
The theme of a literary work is its
underlying central idea or the
generalization it communicates about life.
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Theme...the meaning of life?
The theme may express…
the author's opinion
a question about human nature
the meaning of human experience
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At times the author's theme may not confirm
or agree with your own beliefs.
Even then, if skillfully written, the work will still
have a theme that illuminates some
aspects of true human experience.
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An
understanding
of theme is
dependent
upon one's
previous
experience of
life and
literature.
At the same
time, theme
in literature
can enlarge
one's
understanding
of life.
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Be aware that the theme never
completely explains the story.
It is simply one of the elements that make
up the whole. Some short stories have
secondary themes as well.
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Common Literary Themes
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The quest for immortality
“Stranger, stop and cast an eye. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be, Prepare for death and follow me.”
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One’s relationship with & obligation to society.
Sometimes called “man vs. society”
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The inward journey to understand oneself.
Sometimes called “man vs. self”
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The individual’s relationship with and obligation to the natural world.
Sometimes called
“man
vs.
nature”
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How justice and injustice are decided
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What it means to be a hero or anti-hero.
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What it means to be a “survivor”
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The individual’s experience of
alienation and despair
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The artist’s relationship with and
obligation to society
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What tomorrow’s world holds for us
aka: “The Future”
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Love: Topics/Effects
• Marriage
• Romance
• Platonic
• Companionate
• Altruistic
• Love of Country
• Admiration
• Possessiveness
• Intense dependency
• Sensible love
• Self-centered love
• Game-Playing
• Unrequited love
• Godly love
• Familial love
• Infatuation
• Erotic love
• Jealousy
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Role of Institutions
Sometimes called “man vs. the institution”
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What themes can you
identify in the stories?
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Literary Themes
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