En 6 literary analysis

Literary analysis Hills like white elephants by Ernest Hemingway

You have recently approached a few different kind of texts and worked with them in various ways reading/understanding, listening, vocabulary, discussions/questions and written exercises !ow it is time for your literary exam" You are going to read a short story by #emingway $Hills like white elephants% and write your analysis of the story &e will start by listening/reading the story together and also discuss it together during a lesson 'he following two lessons you will write your own analysis of the text $( the exam% You are allowed to take the story and questions home and study it more before the examination but the analysis will be written individually in class You will have 2 lessons/hours for the exam $)onday *ec +% 1. First: find out what the iceberg theory of writing or the iceberg !rinci!le" means# $ednesday %ovember& 2'" 2. *uestions for discussion in class +hursday& %ovember& 2,":
/uite obviously, this story began long before the actual text begins &hat has happened before the arrival at the station0 &hat is the theme of the story0 &hat do you think the story is actually about0 1rom whose perspective is the story told0 &here does the story take place0 &hat do we get to know about the setting0 2an you find any symbols in the story0 &hat about the title of the story0 &hat does the story tell us about the man and the woman0 $age, looks, characteristics, feelings0% 'he man repeatedly assures the girl how simple the operation is &hy does he emphasi3e the simplicity of this operation0 &hat may this imply about him0 4t which moment, by which line in the dialogue, do you get an idea of what the conversation is really about0 5, feel fine, she said 'here6s nothing wrong with me , feel fine 7 #ow would you explain the final line of the story0 ,n what mood do you imagine these last words are expressed0 &hat can be read between the lines about the characters0 &hich of the two characters do you find most agreeable0 &hy0 2omment on the language and the dialogue in the story" &hat kind of effect does this technique of writing have on the text, on the reader0

(. ,n your written individual analysis , want you to choose two things from the story that you comment on and inter!ret 'hat will be your analysis" You can choose between language& characters& dialogue& setting& symbols& iceberg !rinci!le& theme& irony& narrative !ers!ective -rove your interpretation with e)am!les from the te)t" Your text will not be longer than three !ages and you must hand it in at the end of the lesson *ictionaries and grammar books are allowed *o use them" $.oogle translate ( no, thanks"%

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0uns1a!s1rav E *in analys inneh9ller en inledning, d:r du presenterar :mne, en analysdel d:r du diskuterar novellen och en avslutning d:r du tydligt avslutar/avrundar texten *u kommenterar novellen utifr9n tv9 av aspekterna ovan $dvs language, characters, dialogue, setting, symbols, iceberg principle, theme, irony, narrative perspective% och visar att du har f;rst9tt inneh9llet i stora drag *u presenterar dina 9sikter och slutsatser p9 ett tydligt och strukturerat s:tt 'exten :r sammanh:ngande och tydlig och styckeindelningen :r korrekt Ev spr9kfel $stavfel, grammatikfel% st;r inte l:sningen av texten $det :r fortfarande flyt i spr9ket och texten kan inte misstolkas trots vissa spr9kmissar% <:llor anges tydligt och korrekt . *in analys :r utf;rlig och genomt:nkt med tydliga exempel som styrker dina 9sikter *ina 9sikter :r t:nkv:rda och utf;rligt presenterade *u visar ansats till en st;rre f;rst9else av inneh9llet och du v9gar f;rs;ka dig p9 en d8upare analys *ispositionen :r tydlig och det :r l:tt att f;l8a med i resonemanget =pr9ket :r nyanserat och variationsrikt 2 'exten :r v:ldisponerad och intressant att l:sa *in analys :r s8:lvst:ndig och insiktsfull och de v:l valda exemplen ur novellen g;r din analys ;vertygande och trov:rdig *u visar genom resonemanget i din text att du har f;rst9tt och tolkat novellens inneh9ll och budskap p9 ett d8upare plan =pr9ket k:nnetecknas av klarhet, precision och variation

En8oy your reading and good luck with your analysis" Kerstin