Richardson defines unnatural narratives as anti-mimetic texts that move beyond the conventions of 'natural' narratives, i.e. ... Unnatural narration is when something impossible in life is set forth in the text. ... This text constantly alternates between the past and the present tense which entails that the figure of the subject is brought into doubt. ... On the other hand, Jan Alber affirm that it is not that a natural reading of the text is impossible, although he argues that those engaging with a narrative need to be self-aware and constantly on the lookout. ...

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Explore how your chosen short story uses the elements of narrative to [engage] you as the reader: Narrative elements are importantly employed and developed throughout a text to further engage and develop the ideas and issues behind a text to the reader. ... One such technique employed was the setting of this text. ... The diction used in this text plays a significant role to the emphasis of the central issue and setting of this text. ... The narrative elements are crucial in any text as they further emphasis the meaning of the text as well as developing those "underlying meanings". ... Thro...

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All the action in the text is set around the Pearl. ... The structure of the text is quite hard to define, as the given text is an extract, consisting of seven relatively small paragraphs. In general the text can be devided into three parts. ... There are no dialogues in the text, no people's opinions shown. The whole text is a narration of the author-observer type. ...

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"The Bike" Choose a short story in which a technique (e.g symbolism) is used by the author and is ,in your view ,vital to the success of the text. Explain how the writer employs the technique and why, in your opinion, it is so important to your appreciation of the text .In your answer, you must refer closely to the text and to it's theme as well as to the written use of the chosen technique. ... Symbolism is a technique used effectively to convey this theme of disillusionment, and is I my view crucial to the success of the text .The main usage ...

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The Lost Steps, which is a journey of a man finding his true identity, is based upon the settings in the text. ... Setting throughout the novel is central throughout the text. ... This bus ride and the change of setting again are critical to the text. ... The settings, the time periods when these occur are critical in the understanding of the text. The setting created through the text shape the text as a whole. ...

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Techniques such as text, images, colour, focus and composition in frame convey the general meaning of the novel to the responder. ... These two texts immediately attract the viewer's eye, because they are bold and large. ... The text "Not all journeys have an ending", located at the pinnacle of the pyramid suggests that this is the central focus of the novel. ... The dominant colours in this text are reds, oranges and yellows, suggesting danger and urgency. ... The book cover conveys these ideas through the use of techniques including text, images, colour, focus and composition. ...

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The text is a short story being told by the character of another text, Jesus. ... It doesn't provide a detailed description of main events but rather emphasizes on character reactions and interactions, therefore effectively illustrating various human tendencies in a short text. ... The language of the text is also simple, making it easy to understand for a general audience. The parable's main character is the younger son, whose problems are well represented on how this text is also often called, "The Parable of the Prodigal Son". ... The way in which the father repeats th...

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I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It is a novel which draws the reader in and allows the reader to understand a lifestyle alien to them. ... The language of the text is easily understood as are the themes in the story. ... The use of both text and movie creates a more vivid understanding and appreciation of the novel for there are no major variations between the two texts. ...

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In engaging with Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, a Preliminary Extension 1 text, I related Clarissa's re-evaluation of her position as "the perfect hostess"" to the atonement of her quiescent past. ... Margaret Atwood's collection of short "fictional essays ", The Tent and Moral Disorder, became essential texts which inspired the narrative voice of my postmodern narrator. Furthermore, my engagement with instructive texts such as Mieke Bal's "Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative" cultured an understanding of the many aspects affecting the quality of storytelli...

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If after reading a random romance novel, you feel you have gained some educational value or you have put another piece of the puzzle into your life, then one can define such text as "literature". ... To a child, a simple piece of text or a short story is defined as "literature" because that child will grow from reading or having read to him or her text. Dah Chen's "Colors of the Mountains" is a valued piece of literature because within this text is his own personal memoir, the history of China, and growth from poverty. ... A text can only be defined by the reader themselves as being a g...

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How this fits into the scope of the overall text... /plot (entire story/text)/theme (main ideas)/tone/ mood/feeling/atmosphere)/structure (punctuation/ etc.)... Focus on them of irony, then pick evidence from text to prove it... - Option B: By structure of original text: e.g. ... - Comma: brief pause - Semicolon: longer pause - Indentation: stop before starting again, gives importance to what is about to be said Essay Approach For the essay, approach the question by using the candy wrapper technic: - Introduction - Identify poems - State the relativity of the poems to the themes...

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The text communicates this theme by using many devices, such as imagery, tone, alliteration, and consonance. ... The imagery throughout the text is able to convey the stinging emotions caused by cruelty and exploitation. ... The text uses alliteration in verses and stanzas where abuse is readily mentioned. ... The alliteration in the text fully describes the type of pain received by the boy. ... "The Whipping" is a poem with many literary devices spread throughout the text. ...

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In the text she refers to three songs "Sugar Magnolia," "Darkness Darkness," and "Under My Thumb" (Minot. 382). ... In relation to rejecting authority in the text she states "Roger was fast. ... In the text she describes her many sexual relations that occurred. ... In the text she states "the school doctor gave out the pill like aspirin. ... Reading deeper into the text "Lust" from a sociohistorical perspective allows for a whole new level of reader experience. ...

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Apocalypse Now The two texts have very different settings and when viewing Apocalypse Now with the knowledge that it was based on Heart of Darkness, the viewer is in a very pre- determined mind frame. ... The texts delve into the complexities of Marlow's character in equally intriguing ways. ... The two texts build up the character of Kurtz surrounded by such an air of mystery. ... The non- discriminatory characters as well as many bold ones such as Kilgore are living in a world where this power exists as a facade; as a result the closer people get to the inner station in the two t...

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An example of this would be, 4while Othello may be an African Moor, no amount of scholarship about the history of African Moors will be of much interest to the formalist, since the meaning of Othello's blackness can only be understood by looking at how his race is combined with other elements within the text, such as his actions, his language, his station, his relation to women, his masculinity, etc. ... Formalism generally regards literature as an object, whereas other types of literary criticism see it as "text". ...

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Salinger incorporates symbolism throughout the text, which helps to develop the complexity of Holden's character. ... Throughout the text Salinger demonstrates Holden's unique perception of normality and this is evident when Holden tries to wake up a fellow student in the middle of the night to sell a typewriter. ... The text is also inspired by the literary technique of stream of consciousness. ... In the text, Salinger uses hyperbole to replicate the voice of a teenager. ...

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David Malouf, author of the novella 'Fly Away Peter', and director of the 1930 film 'All Quiet On the Western Front', Lewis Milestone, both demonstrate their ability to communicate the presence of hope and courage in their texts via technique. ... The texts similarly use characterization and naturalistic metaphorical devices but differ in their use of writer and directorial style. ... Malouf and Milestone use their similar and dissimilar techniques to shape their respective texts. ... The characterization, metaphorical devices and writing and directorial style each flesh o...

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Two short science fiction novellas that demonstrate good work of writing include the adventure, A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, and Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynski. Both were interesting and kept you to the edge of your seat. There should definitely be more after the end because the endings se...

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Marele Day both challenges and conforms to the conventions of hard-boiled detective fiction in order to produce a feminist text that explores interesting ideas about power, corruption and life's facades. ... The literary elements of plot development, characterisation, setting and themes, combined with the characteristics of the text, allow the novel to conform to and challenge the classical approach of detective fiction while exploring interesting ideas about power, corruption and life's facades. ... Ultimately, Marele Day both challenges and conforms to the conventions of hard-boi...

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In order to understand a text, the reader must first have an understanding of the author. By this, I mean that the reader must seek to identify with the author and try to read the text as the author intended. ... In order to understand his story, we are going to learn some things about his background and his experiences in the war that influenced his literary style and also try to figure out how we, the readers, are supposed to read this particular text. ...

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The main character struggles with adjusting to his new life as a civilian, and maybe the text shows that it is a lost cause. ... His past as a soldier will maintain as a part of his identity and his actions towards the end of the text shows that he will always be a soldier at heart....

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The novel, Charlotte's Web begins with a young girl, Fern, who is intent on saving the life of a young, tiny pig named Wilber. After about five weeks of caring and nurturing the pig, Wilber is sent off to her uncle's farm to eventually be slaughtered for Christmas dinner. Wilber wants very much to...

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Without the existence of the strong roles they played in the story you would not know a lot of important details in the text that you need to know to fully get the understanding of the text, which is that appearances are what matter most to this family. ...

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Oram's calmness in this situation was sound, this being shown in the text, "At that flat, unemotional voice," and so he was collected as the story progressed. ... The aforementioned passage from the text reflects on Oram's final step in his plan, furthermore, his final impression to the remainder of his crew. ...

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Evidence from the text describes the Fastalogians; 'their clothes were worn badly, ill-fitting, often with childish mistakes, like buttoning the third through the fourth buttonhole' (Carey, 1995 p. 3). ... In reference to the story, the indefinability, fundamentally the conclusion is significant as it 'challenges the reader's determination to make a logical connection between fantasy of the text and the real' (Rutherford, 1996). ...

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