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== Literary analysis ==
== Literary analysis ==


=== author analysis ===
=== 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


=== textual analysis ===
* ''why this work?''
* ''for what goal or purpose?''


* character
Textual analysis:
* author purpose
 
* author technique
* Literary scene: ''when, where, what''
* metaphor and analogy
* Voice: ''told from what point of view?''
** "read between the lines"
* Structure: ''sections, chapters, etc.''
* narrative
* Plot or narrative: ''what happens?''
* moral purpose
* 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 ==