ENGL 251A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aristocracy, Picture Frame, History Of The Southern United States
9 Dec 2017
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Week 2: for(cid:373)alis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d faulk(cid:374)er: (cid:862)a rose for e(cid:373)ily(cid:863) Whole and their relationship with each other; it all coms down to close reading of the text itself! Internal verbal relations: forces in a text that work together in some kind of unity (i. e. , irony, paradox, contradiction: concern is how the textual elements is pieced together. Making the familiar world new to us; see our reality through a new light: language of literature has its own characteristics, unlike ordinary language, purely through literary devices, not author"s expression or state of mind. How to look at a text formally: the checklist: plot (central conflict; structure, narrative point of view, characterization, setting, style & figurative language: symbolism, imagery, language, title. Methodology: close reading, objective criticism, practical criticism. Internal ambiguities: tensions, contradictions, patterns, paradoxes (cid:862)a rose for e(cid:373)ily(cid:863, gothic romance, gender, race, class, and power, necrophilia. Generic conventions: popular romance, detective fiction, ghost story.
