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Scenic Analysis (novel)
1. Introduction
"Umbrella sentence" with 5 pieces of information
- text form / type (short story / novel / drama [comedy / tragedy]
- author,
- title,
- date and time of publication,
- one-sentence: short and synoptic survey of the plot *
2. Main Part
2.1 Summary of the scene at hand (don't get bogged down by details!)
embedding the scene in to the context
- Who? (characters: antagonists / protagoists / secondary characters)
- What? (plot / action)
- Where & when? (place and time of action)
- What motifs do the characters hace?
- How do they interact?
- What is the outcome of the scene?
Initial thesis:
The thesis statement is a one or two sentence encapsulation of your paper’s main point, main idea, or main message. Your paper’s thesis statement will be addressed and defended in the body paragraphs and the conclusion.
2.2 Analysis of the verbal / nonverbal Interactions correlatinos of the characters
- analyis of: syntax / choice of words / rhetoric devices / form and structure
- correlations between language and plot
- form of communiation; symmetric / asymmetric
- form of discourse: monologue / dialogue / scenic desciption
- relationship between the caracters / their motives
Characterization of a character / the caracaters (do not quote general information about the character(s) - have a close look at the scene and characterize them against the background of the very setting / scene)
- analyis of stagedirections (drama) / descriptive / narrative / commentray parts (novel)
