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== Literary analysis == | == Literary analysis == | ||
=== author | === author background === | ||
* author biography | * author biography & background | ||
** ''who, when, where?'' | |||
* author historical context | * author historical context | ||
** ''what was going on around the author at the time of the authoriship'' | |||
* author publications | * author publications | ||
** ''what else did the author do? how does it speak to this work?'' | |||
* author critical reception | * author critical reception | ||
** purposes and points of view of critics and their criticism | ** purposes and points of view of critics and their criticism | ||
author purpose | |||
* ''why this work?'' | |||
* ''for what goal or purpose?'' | |||
* | Textual analysis: | ||
* author | |||
* author | * Literary scene: ''when, where, what'' | ||
* | * Voice: ''told from what point of view?'' | ||
* | * Structure: ''sections, chapters, etc.'' | ||
* | * Plot or narrative: ''what happens?'' | ||
* | * Plot development: ''how does the author develop the narrative?'' | ||
* Tone: ''what's the author's or text's "mood"?'' | |||
* Voice | |||
* Character: ''what's the point, purpose and meaning of characters, esp. author choice of names (aka "characterization")'' | |||
* Themes and undertones: ''what's the underlying story or purpose here? (aka "reading between the lines")'' | |||
* Literary devices: how does the author present, develop and draw out those themes and undertones | |||
** metaphor | |||
** exaggeration | |||
** personification | |||
** irony | |||
** symbolism | |||
* Moral purpose: ''what does the author want us to learn?'' | |||
== Journey of the hero == | == Journey of the hero == | ||