Lit analysis

Question 1

what needs to be in the introduction ?

Answer 1

Textsorte (z.B. novel, poem, short story, newspaper article), den Titel, den Autor, das Erscheinungsjahr und das Hauptthema.

Question 2

What main aspects need to be analysed?

Answer 2

always:
Point of view
language (sprachliche mittel)
structure

depending on the exercise:
setting
characters or relationships

Question 3

how to analyse the point of view

Answer 3

• narration: 1st or 3rd person; limited or omnicsent
• Alternating
• reliable ? (unreliable when liing or telling shifted reality)
• shift in perpectrive ?
• scenic or panoramic mode of presentation ?

Question 4

how to analyse language

Answer 4

• contradictions
• sentence structure(long or short)
• Stilistic devices and their effects
  
  • worldfields
  • metaphors etc…
  • adjectives and adverbs

Question 5

how to analyse setting

Answer 5

• geograohic location
• historical place
• enviournment and effect

Question 6

analysis character

Answer 6

• Physical description (if not mentioned say so!)
• Language, nationality, general impression
• Social background, family, kind of friends, profession
• Action and dialog of the person
• Behaviour towards others
• Inner thoughts, emotions, dreams, attitude
• Impression on others
• For a nice transition hint at the personal development
• Transition sentence