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La durée de la leçon est: 80 min
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Atonement - title
The novel Atonement is not only about atonement,
the novel IS atonement.
Discuss & explain
Slide 1 - Diapositive
Atonement - Literature & writing
Atonement is all about literature and writing.
Explain by giving examples from the novel
(Briony in parts I/II/III; Cecilia & Robbie; any others?)
Slide 2 - Diapositive
Practice writing a literary essay of 500 to 700 words
Ian McEwan's novel Atonement is a about the power of storytelling.
Slide 3 - Diapositive
Frame narrative
A story enclosed or embedded within a story
i.e. Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1847) employs a narrative structure in which the main action is relayed at second hand through an enclosing frame story.
How does this apply to Atonement?
Slide 4 - Diapositive
Narrative Perspective
Vantage point/Point of view from which events of a story are filtered
and then relayed to the audience
e.g.
first person (use of I, me, us, we etc.) -> subjective
third person (use of he, she, they etc.) - third person limited; third person omniscient
Slide 5 - Diapositive
www.studysmarter.us
Slide 6 - Lien
Perspective is crucial in Atonement
Find examples in the novel to support the above
Slide 7 - Diapositive
Atonement - Paul Marshal
Paul Marshal is the real villain in the novel.
Why do you (not) agree?
Slide 8 - Diapositive
Atonement - The Power of Storytelling
Why does the novel Atonement stand for the
Power of Storytelling?
Explain and give examples from the novel
Slide 9 - Diapositive
Atonement - Briony
Briony is a liar who makes up her own version of reality instead of sticking to the facts
Why do you (not) agree?
Slide 10 - Diapositive
Atonement - Briony
How does Briony develop throughout Atonement?
Discuss this for Briony as a person and as a writer
Slide 11 - Diapositive
Atonement - 4 parts
Part I - pre-war
Part II - 2nd WW - Dunkirk (Robbie)
Part III - 2nd WW - London (Briony)
London, 1999
Slide 12 - Diapositive
Atonement - characters
Apart from Briony, Robbie, Cecilia,
which other character(s) play(s) an important role when it comes to
atonement/repenting your sins (or not)?
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Atonement - Themes
Perspective
Guilt
Class
Lost Innocence
The Unchangeable Past
Stories & Literature - The power of storytelling(-writing)
Slide 14 - Diapositive
Atonement - lost innocence
As a result of Briony's lie in part 1,
Briony and the people around her lose their innocence.
Innocence is related to guiltlessness or lack of knowledge.
In literature, a character may lose his innocence by becoming aware of the world around him or by doing something that evokes guilt.
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