Analysis

Reading

• Active reading

1. First read - find unfamiliar words, note questions, underline significant parts of the text
2. Second read - beyond observation, analyze, comment on theme, persistent patterns in the text

• Important groups of literary devices

1. Irony

          -situational (circumstances ironic)

          -verbal (words are the opposite of what is meant)

          -dramatic (audience knows important information that a character does not            know)

1. Repetition

          -parallelism (repeated pattern of syntax)

          -epizeuxis (repetition of words in immediate succession)

          -diacope (repetition with one or two words between)

          -anaphora (repetition of words at the beginning a line or clause)

          -polysyndeton (repetition of conjunctions)

          -antistrophe (repetition at the end of clauses)

• Critical lenses

1. Archetypal - Archetypal similarities in literature reflect a universal set of patterns.
2. Feminist - Women are seen as the "Other" by our patriarchal society.
3. Marxist - Focuses of class relations in literature.
4. Structuralism - Text and only text.
5. Psychoanalytic - How do authors express their psychology on literatire?
6. Reader response - BYOM. Bring your own meaning, because literature has none on its own.
7. Deconstructionist - Language means nothing, so literature means nothing.
8. Historical - Explains literature by looking at the culture of the time.