SYMBOLS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 390.

STYLE

1. Uneven rhythm is created in the opening paragraph by alternation of long and groups of short sentences? Identify them. What is the effect of such a rhythm?

2. Pick out other means of adding uncertainty to the narration. Identify

- comparative constructions (as if..., as though...)

- modal verbs

3. The description of the studio (ph 8) characterizes the boy indirectly. What stylistic effect is achieved here by

- parallel constructions

- simple syntactical constructions

- short clauses?

4. What are the types and functions of the stylistic devices in the following:

- No, I'm not suspicious. But – (ph6)

- a tall mournful building(ph7)

- the old women scuttle from side to side, like crabs (ph 7)

- the trees were peppered with new green (ph 10)

- His heart fell out of the side window (ph 12)

5. Pick out cases of Represented Speech and comment on its peculiarities and role.

6. Underline all cases of break in the narrative (aposiopesis). What is the stylistic effect of so many unfinished sentence? Do they

a) make the statements less categorical, and the descriptions more uncertain

b) maintain a dream-like air of the narration

c) give the reader an impression that something else might follow, which remains unsaid

d) add to the impression that what is said is just a suggestion of one of possible ideas give the general impression of a somewhat vague tone of the narration?

7. What devices make “FEUILLE D'ALBUM” a story of delicate poetic evocation? Pick out cases of:

· polysyndeton

· parallel constructions

· inversion

· aposiopesis (break in the narrative)

· several of these devices used in convergence.

8. Which of the following adjectives would you choose to describe the style of the story?

Objective, confessional, poetic, ironic, other

1. K.Mansfield's fictions are known to be founded on Symbolist principles.

- Islands were traditionally thought of as symbols of an unattainable paradise. Can this meaning be relevant for ‘The two big windows faced the water; he could see the boats and the barges swinging up and down, and the tinge of an island planted with trees, like a round bouquet.'?

- Circle all the indications of flowers in the story. What symbolic reverberations arise from the image of flowers?

- What period of human life do you associate with the following:

the first spring rain, the smell of buds, trees...peppered with new green, half opened buds and spears of green, a little kitten...who used to...pretend to be a lion?

1. The pink colour is considered a symbol of purity – how is it emphasized?

2. What could the egg symbolize in the story? Could the similarity in shape suggest an association with heart? Pay attention to the repetition of ‘one' emphasized by detachment and climax in h p17.