Le Petit Prince Analysis
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura.
Instituto Superior de Educación.
“Dr. Raúl P. Peña”.
Theory of Education.
Term Paper.
Student: María Fernanda Benítez.
Course: Licenciatura en Educación en Lengua Inglesa. 2º Year. 3rd Semester.
Asunción, Paraguay
2013
Le Petit Prince
“The Little Prince” (Le petit prince, original name in French), is a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French aristocrat, writer, poet and aviator. It was published in 1943 and it is one of the most famous books from French literature. It has been translated into more than 250 languages and dialects (including braille). Over a million copies per year are sold with sales totaling more than 140 million copies worldwide, it has become one of the best-selling books ever published and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France.
The book narrates a story in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a small asteroid. It is a humanistic and poetic story; it presents many philosophical aspects, including a critique to society with emphasis on certain aspects of the world of adult people. The stories are simple, carrying a message of deep human moral sense with logic conclusively within the fantasy.
Levels of Reading Comprehension “The little Prince” is often categorized as a book for children, but in its pages lots of philosophical statements of the author were established. When the little Prince is talking to the Wolf it might be saying some fundamental aspect of friendship. The story can be read and comprehend in the following levels:
Level 1: Descriptive or literal level. * Sublevel 1: Literal Basic Sublevel: it allows the reader to reproduce the information that the text provides explicitly and directly, and to identify words and phrases that serve as key themes.
Eg. “Then the wolf said: Go and look again at the roses. You will see that yours is unique in this world”
Key words: wolf, roses, unique.
Key
Instituto Superior de Educación.
“Dr. Raúl P. Peña”.
Theory of Education.
Term Paper.
Student: María Fernanda Benítez.
Course: Licenciatura en Educación en Lengua Inglesa. 2º Year. 3rd Semester.
Asunción, Paraguay
2013
Le Petit Prince
“The Little Prince” (Le petit prince, original name in French), is a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French aristocrat, writer, poet and aviator. It was published in 1943 and it is one of the most famous books from French literature. It has been translated into more than 250 languages and dialects (including braille). Over a million copies per year are sold with sales totaling more than 140 million copies worldwide, it has become one of the best-selling books ever published and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France.
The book narrates a story in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a small asteroid. It is a humanistic and poetic story; it presents many philosophical aspects, including a critique to society with emphasis on certain aspects of the world of adult people. The stories are simple, carrying a message of deep human moral sense with logic conclusively within the fantasy.
Levels of Reading Comprehension “The little Prince” is often categorized as a book for children, but in its pages lots of philosophical statements of the author were established. When the little Prince is talking to the Wolf it might be saying some fundamental aspect of friendship. The story can be read and comprehend in the following levels:
Level 1: Descriptive or literal level. * Sublevel 1: Literal Basic Sublevel: it allows the reader to reproduce the information that the text provides explicitly and directly, and to identify words and phrases that serve as key themes.
Eg. “Then the wolf said: Go and look again at the roses. You will see that yours is unique in this world”
Key words: wolf, roses, unique.
Key
Bibliography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince http://www.monografias.com/trabajos38/el-principito/el-principito2.shtml#analisis http://es.scribd.com/doc/52938605/El-Principito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince http://www.monografias.com/trabajos38/el-principito/el-principito2.shtml#analisis http://es.scribd.com/doc/52938605/El-Principito