Foreign Correspondent: Paris in the Sixties (Extract)

Question 1

How is Paris presented in ‘Foreign Correspondent’

Answer 1

Ambiguous account of Paris that comes with promise and adventure.

Hostile towards foreigners

Strain and struggle of coping with financial implications of moving to Paris.

Question 2

GAPM for ‘Foreign Correspondent’

Answer 2

Genre- Book extract (historical/tourism)

Audience- Historians interested in life in the 60s

Purpose- To inform, describe, and relay experiences

Mode- Written, planned and indirect

Question 3

Key Language techniques in ‘Foreign Correspondent’

Answer 3

Metaphors- link to criminality and prostitution, damaging the respectability of Paris.

Phonological manipulation/ aggressive material verbs- hostile towards those who are not family especially foreigners, French family is personal.

Negative adjectives- highlight the social divide

Positive adjectives/Comparative connectives/Sibilance- highlight how the wealthy and elite are the only ones that can survive and that everything in Paris is too expensive

French dialect/accommodation of speech - adapt to the French culture and respect them.