Literary Analysis of Two Texts Renita Redding Instructor: Irene Robles-Huerta ENG 125 March 21‚ 2015 The short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ by Joyce Oates‚ (1966)‚ and the poem‚ “What it’s Like to Be a Black Girl”‚ by Patricia Smith‚ (1991)‚ are both about the coming of age of young girls and the conflicts that they encounter. The two pieces explore issues that most young girls have with their bodies and others during their puberty years. The literary elements that will be
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paper I am going to compare and contrast a literary text (Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy) and a non literary text (Newspaper article from “The Independent” by Nigel Morris) focussing on the language features used‚ the structural and presentational devices‚ the use of correct punctuations‚ analyse the structure of the non literary text for bias and the techniques used to convey meaning and ideas by both authors. The objective of literary texts is to teach the readers a life lesson with the
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Choose one every day and one literary text. Using at least two analytical techniques from E301‚ analyze and compare your two texts in terms of their creativity and literariness‚ drawing on material from both parts of the module. In this paper I will analyze and compare a literary text and an everyday text‚ in terms of their creativity and literariness. I chose Philip Larkin’s (1964) poem‚ ‘Self’s the man’ (see Appendix‚ Text 1)‚ as the literary text for analysis because it is not only smooth and
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Non-literary text forms an independent part of a publication .Non-literary texts are informational writing: factual material‚ informational explanations‚ newspaper articles‚ textbooks‚ journal and diary entries‚ and so forth that are published in newspapers‚ Informative magazines current affairs news and educative articles. Non-literary composition uses facts and figures to proof a point. Examples of non-literary texts are personal diaries‚ current affairs news‚ journals‚ text books and articles
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Analyzing a Text Both Time and U.S. News and World Report cover the same events‚ but each magazine interprets them differently. Saddam Hussein was supporting terrorists—or he wasn’t‚ depending on which politician is speaking. This example demonstrates why we need to be careful‚ analytical readers of magazines and newspapers‚ ads‚ political documents‚ even textbooks. Not only does text convey information‚ but it also influences how and what we think. We need to read‚ then‚ to understand not
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Assignment 2 Literary Analysis Essay In- Class Assignment 500+ words 27-28 July 15% Week 4 Literary Analysis Essay • What is it? – Analyzes literary text. How? • By tackling any number of aspects of the content such as the: – – – – Aesthetic Technical Linguistic Thematic (economic‚ political‚ philosophical‚ sociological‚ psychological‚ etc.) • It concentrates and uses the text (not real life) as its base. Literary Analysis Essay • Why do we write them? – To help cement our understanding of
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The analysis of texts 1. Old English – The story of Jacob’s Deceit 17. And hēo sealde him Þone mete Þe heo seaÞ‚ and hlāf; and hē brōhte Þæt his fæder 18. and cwæð: ’Fæder mīn!’ Hē andswarode and cwæð: ’Hwæt eart Þū‚ sunu mīn?’ 19. And Iācob cwæð: ’Ic eom Ēsau‚ Þīn frum-cenneda sunu. Ic dyde swā Þū mē bebude. Ārīs upp and site‚ and et of mīnum huntoðe‚ Þæt Þu me blētsiƷe.’ Translation: 17. And she sold him that meat she boiled‚ and bread‚ and he brought them to his father. 18. and said:
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GENERAL NOTIONS 1. Kinds of Literature Literature can be subdivided into various kinds according to various criteria. It can exist in oral (folklore) or written form; literary speech can be prosaic or poetic. Literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction is a prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people‚ places‚ events. The main forms/genres of non-fiction are character sketch‚ journal‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ biography‚ essay etc. Fiction is
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The text under analysis is an extract from Snow by Ann Beattie‚ an American short story writer and novelist‚ whose work has been compared to Alice Adams‚ J.D. Salinger‚ John Cheever‚ and John Updike. It is a piece of very intimate narration and may be considered even as the inner monologue of the author resembling a momentary picture of her precious memories. They are presented through a number of bright images with prevailing accent on snow‚ which determined the title of the story as well. Following
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Multicultural Literature Analysis Paper ENG/157 March 21. 2013 Rachel Hawley Multicultural Literature Analysis Paper Literary works in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. This is poetry many would not look at poetry in a literary sense as they would a biography or a literary text. Indeed poetry is also literature that is more condensed and consists of a language used in a manner that can be felt by the reader
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