introduction project

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Happy to see you today!

Take a seat and wait till we get started!

Today:

- What is literary analysis? - 

- Why literary analysi? - 

- Literary terms - 

- Your choice - 

- Time to work - 

Goal

At the end of the lesson, you can:

• Explain why literary analysis is important.
• Recognise 6 different literary items in a story

The task

• Due: May 20th 
• Do: make a literary analysis of Deltarune/4 short stories
• How: play the game/read the stories and answer the questions in the document
• Choice: you can choose if you want to play a videogame or read the short stories (more on that later)

What is literary analysis?

Looking at different elements of a story to understand them on a deeper level.

Why literary analysis?

Practice reading complicated texts.

Learn to see the deeper, hidden meaning of things.

Practice analytical thinking.

Learn about other times and cultures or explore new and interesting ideas.

Practice using proof to support your claims, and how to look for such proof. 

Some important terms

• Theme
• Foreshadowing
• Goal and Conflict
• Types of characters
• Point of view
• Irony

Theme

The underlying idea of the story

Take the moral of the story, and shorten it to 1, 2 or 3 words

multiple themes per story

Example: 

The lion king 

Themes: destiny, feeling guilty, good vs evil, trust and betrayal

Foreshadowing

The hints that point at things later to come

usually not very obvious at first, but when you look back it all makes much more sense

example: 

The Incredibles. Edna Mode says "no capes!". Later the villain gets sucked into a jet engine by his cape. 

Goal and conflict

Goal is the thing the character wants most

But of course they can't just reach their goal, that would be boring, there has to be a problem preventing them from reaching their goal.

Conflict happens when two different goals don't match up and go against each other

Conflict

Internal conflict & external conflict 

Internal = struggle with yourself 

Example: Lion king. Simba feels he should help but he is scared.

External = struggle with things outside of yourself

External can be a lot of things: other people, society, nature, etc.

Example: Lion king. Scar wants to be king, but Simba too.

Types of characters

Static vs Dynamic character

static = unchanged 

dynamic = changes through the story

Example: the Lion King

Simba changes throughout the story, so he's Dynamic

Zazu (the bird) stays pretty much the same, he's Static 

Point of View

Through who's eyes do you experience the story? Who 'tells' the story?

"I woke up this morning and walked down the stairs when I noticed my dog was missing."

"She woke up this morning and when she walked down the stairs she noticed her dog was missing."

Point of View

First-person vs third-person point of view

First-person: look through someone's eyes. 

- often talks about 'I' or 'we'

Third-person: floats above it all

- often talks about 'she' 'he' or 'they'

Irony

Irony in stories are the surprising little things that keep the story interesting. They are the things that are different from what they seem at first.

3 types of irony: 

Verbal Irony - Situational Irony - Dramatic Irony

Irony

Verbal Irony: someone says something but they mean something else. Also known as Irony.

Situational Irony: a situation doesn't turn out at all like how you expected it to

Dramatic Irony: as the reader/watcher you know something already that the main character doesn't know. Makes you scream "don't go in there!" at the screen during a horror movie

Any questions? 

you can always ask more questions later, but it's easier to ask them now :)

Which assignment do you want?

Before you choose, let me explain a little about the options

Short stories

• 4 short stories to read
• Each story is only about 10 pages long
• Each story has a few questions about them, all with 1 theme
• 
  
• stories: The Landlady, The Paper Menagerie, The Knowers and The Lottery

The game: Deltarune

- Play 1 game: Deltarune

- You only need to play chapter 1

- Can be finished in about 3 hours

- Answer all the questions about the 

game

Who wants which?

I need at least 5 pupils who want to do the short stories assignment and at least 10 who want to do the game assignment

Get to work

Take a look at the assignment and get a head start!

Goal check

At the end of the lesson, you can:

• Explain why literary analysis is important.
• Recognise 6 different literary items in a story

Bye!

Have a nice day!