Textanalyse/Interpretation Englisch

Structure of a text

Exposition:    -    introduction of the main characters
the setting (time, place) is given
the conflict / theme is introduced
Central part:    -    rising action
climax / turning point
falling action
Denouement:    -    solution

Text Analysis

What?    -    text form:    -  fictional
                -  non-fictional
        -    subject / theme; contents    → summary

How?    -    narrator’s perspective:    -  1st / 3rd person perspective
                    -  omniscient / limited (=selective) perspective
                    -  subjective / objective (give opinion / neutral)
                    -  observer narrator: 3rd person; not involved in situation
        -    stylistic devices:
-    alliteration
allusion
contrast
enumeration
exaggeration / understatement
imagery:    – metaphor (without “as”, “like”)
            – simile (with “as”, “like”)
            – symbol
            – personification
irony
onomatopoeia
repetition:    – parallelism (similar or identical words, phrases, sentences)
        – anaphora (parallelism at beginning of successive clauses)
rhetorical question
        -    technique (dialogue, scream of conscious technique., narrator)
        -    text types (report, news story, feature story, editorial, letter, interview, speech, advertisement)
        -    characters / setting
Why?    -    moral / deeper meaning / message / intention
[ d)    Own opinion]

Ferrytales

Opening formula / closing formula
Exaggeration
Setting: distant, unreal past + world of myth and magic
Repetitions
Rhymes + verses
Good against bad → good wins
Princess + giant + witch ⇒ “flat characters” = stereotypes
Purpose: for children, should educate them
End: happy ending