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The textThe text
Select your text (fragment or Select your text (fragment or whole)whole) PoetryPoetry FictionFiction DramaDrama
The analytical frameworkThe analytical framework
Identify/select an approach: e.g. Identify/select an approach: e.g. content, stylistics, narratology, content, stylistics, narratology, discourse analysis, pragmatics, etc.discourse analysis, pragmatics, etc.
Focus in: atmosphere, character Focus in: atmosphere, character construction, types of discourse, construction, types of discourse, speech acts, etc.speech acts, etc.
Identify the means: content, Identify the means: content, linguisticlinguistic
Decide on the categories; e.g. Decide on the categories; e.g. meaningful parts of speech: verbs, meaningful parts of speech: verbs, nouns, etc.nouns, etc.
Decide on the units of analysis: Decide on the units of analysis: word, phrase, sentence, larger bits word, phrase, sentence, larger bits of textof text
The analysis The analysis
Identify/isolate/count in the text Identify/isolate/count in the text all the relevant instancesall the relevant instances
Select the salient quotes to Select the salient quotes to illustrate your analysis and illustrate your analysis and comment upon themcomment upon them
Interpret the results of your Interpret the results of your analysisanalysis
Your essayYour essay
Do include the textDo include the text Do mention in the introduction Do mention in the introduction
why you have chosen the text, why you have chosen the text, what you will focus on, from what you will focus on, from what perspectivewhat perspective
Do observe the word limit Do observe the word limit (minimum(minimum 500 words, 500 words, maximum 1000 words, maximum 1000 words, excluding the text))excluding the text))
Mark schemeMark scheme
Content (task achievement): 7 Content (task achievement): 7 marksmarks
Text organization + coherence + Text organization + coherence + style and register + accuracy: 2 style and register + accuracy: 2 marksmarks
Key bibliographical Key bibliographical sources:sources: Cook, G. 1994: Cook, G. 1994: Discourse and Discourse and
LiteratureLiterature, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press Hawthorn, J. 1997 (3rd ed.): Hawthorn, J. 1997 (3rd ed.):
Studying the Novel: an IntroductionStudying the Novel: an Introduction, , ArnoldArnold
Leech, G. 1983: Leech, G. 1983: Principles of Principles of Pragmatics, LongmanPragmatics, Longman
Short, M. 1996 Short, M. 1996 Exploring the Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Language of Poems, Plays and Prose, Prose, London, New York: LongmanLondon, New York: Longman
Deadline Deadline
7 Febr., Monday, 12.30-13.00, 7 Febr., Monday, 12.30-13.00, room 422 (hard copy)room 422 (hard copy)
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