Analysis Art of Fiction Theory 1 6 12 the School on the Little Hen
“Where nests The Water Hen” Part 1, Chapter 1 “The school on the Little Water Hen” by Gabrielle Roy
(Written analysis)
Presented by: Jorge Andrés Molano Quintana
20072165042
Presented to: Prof. Patricia Escalante
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
School of Sciences and Education
Literature in English XVI to XIX century
Bogotá – April 2012
Introduction
The following work is an analysis of the Part 2, Chapter 1 of the novel “Where nests the Water Hen” written by the Canadian novelist Gabrielle Roy. In this chapter it is narrated Luzina’s persistence in having a school on the island and the school after its beginnings. Luzina realizes that her children need an education and that she is not able to give the education they need. Therefore, she writes letters to the provincial government for assistance and requirements for starting a school. She met the requirements for having a proper building, which her husband built, and having six children of school age, the sixth turning six a month after school started.
The analysis is based on the theory of David Lodge and his work “The art of fiction”, chapters one, which is about the beginning in novels; chapter six, which is about the writer’s and characters’ point of view and reader’s perspective; and finally chapter twelve, which is called “The sense of place”.
Development of the topics
1. THE BEGINNING:
According to Lodge, a beginning of a novel should “separate the real world we inhabit from the world the novelist has imagined”(page 5) Before we start analyzing this, we need to consider that this is not the beginning of this novel, but it is the beginning of the second part –chapter one- of this novel, called “The school on the little water Hen”. So, we will analyze how Gabrielle Roy introduces us into the sequence of the story and gets reader attention with the story stream.
At the moment we start to read the first paragraph of this chapter, we notice, first, that it is
(Written analysis)
Presented by: Jorge Andrés Molano Quintana
20072165042
Presented to: Prof. Patricia Escalante
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
School of Sciences and Education
Literature in English XVI to XIX century
Bogotá – April 2012
Introduction
The following work is an analysis of the Part 2, Chapter 1 of the novel “Where nests the Water Hen” written by the Canadian novelist Gabrielle Roy. In this chapter it is narrated Luzina’s persistence in having a school on the island and the school after its beginnings. Luzina realizes that her children need an education and that she is not able to give the education they need. Therefore, she writes letters to the provincial government for assistance and requirements for starting a school. She met the requirements for having a proper building, which her husband built, and having six children of school age, the sixth turning six a month after school started.
The analysis is based on the theory of David Lodge and his work “The art of fiction”, chapters one, which is about the beginning in novels; chapter six, which is about the writer’s and characters’ point of view and reader’s perspective; and finally chapter twelve, which is called “The sense of place”.
Development of the topics
1. THE BEGINNING:
According to Lodge, a beginning of a novel should “separate the real world we inhabit from the world the novelist has imagined”(page 5) Before we start analyzing this, we need to consider that this is not the beginning of this novel, but it is the beginning of the second part –chapter one- of this novel, called “The school on the little water Hen”. So, we will analyze how Gabrielle Roy introduces us into the sequence of the story and gets reader attention with the story stream.
At the moment we start to read the first paragraph of this chapter, we notice, first, that it is
Bibliography: Roy, Gabrielle. Where nests the Water. Part two, Chapter 1 “The School on the Little Water Hen”, translated by harry L. Binsse. Lodge, David. “The art of fiction” chapters 1, 6 and 12. Viking Penguin, Penguin Books, USA