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1、HowtoAnalyzeaLiteraryPassage—AStep-by-StepGuidevIntroductionAnalyzingliterature.Kindofscary,right?Itdoesn'thavetobe.Infact,you'reprobablyaproatanalysisalready-you'reanalyzingtextallofthetime:whenyoureadanewspaperarticle,dissectacookingrecipe,andevenwhenyoufollowdrivingdirections.Inord
2、ertogetfrompointAtopointBinyourcar,forexample,youneedtounderstandthemap,thewrittendirectionsasawhole,aswellasalloftheindividualpartsorturns.Itoftenhelpsyoutofigureoutwhichareasmighttripyouupandfromwhatdirectionoftownyoushouldapproachyourdestination.That'sallanalysisis.Analyzingliterat
3、ureismuchlikereadingdirections.First,youtackleliteraturebyreadingitonceforcomprehension.·Doesitmakesenseasawhole?·Doyouunderstandtheeventsthatleadfromthebeginningtothemiddletotheend-thebasicplot?·Arethereimportantpartsofthepuzzlethatyouneedtorecognize?Onceyouaresteadyonyourfeetwithcom
4、prehension,youmoveonto interpretation,whichreallymeansfillinginthepiecesofthepuzzlethatarenotexplicitlystated.Lookmorecloselyatthedetailsthatfittheliteraryworktogether.Examinethingslikemoodandtoneofasceneorcharactermotivationinaspecificmoment.Finally,onceyoufeellikeyou'vepaintedaclear
5、portraitinyourheadthroughstorycomprehensionandpersonalinterpretation,youpullallofthisinformationtogethertocreatean analyticalstatementaboutthepieceasawhole.Thiscanincludethingsliketheme,authorcommentaryorchoices,overallcharacteranalysis,howliteraturereflectsatimeperiod,etc.-really,the
6、listofpossibletopicsforoverallanalysisisendless,andnoteveryonewillinterpretthesameworkinthesameway.Itisdrawingconclusionsaboutaworkbaseduponthestory'selements,andwhilethere'snoonerightwaytodoit,followingthestepsinthisvideocanhelpyougetstarteduntilyoudevelopamethodthatworksforyou.Don't
7、feelintimidated.Forthepurposesofourworkhere,wewilllookmoregenerallyatwhatclosereading,makingconnections,anddrawingconclusionsreallymeans.Youalreadydoalotofthiswithoutrealizingit.1ComprehensionYouknowwhatcomprehensionmeans.Youreadaliteraryworkoncetofigureouthowallofthebasicpartsfittoge
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