Sunday, October 24, 2010

Week 5 + 6 Class Notes (10.11-10.15; 10.18-10.22)


Tone
-       can only be applied to the author in reflexive pieces (unless the narrator is the author)
-       refers to speaker/narrator’s attitude
-       shifts
-       discussed in terms of emotion
o   effectively analyze emotions
o   recognize emotional states
-       effect created with technique - syntax, diction, etc.
Voice
-       author’s style
-       speaker’s personality
-       shifts, but not often - only when narrator is dynamic
-       discussed in terms of character
o   character traits - smart, charismatic, etc.
o   ethics - honest/dishonest, etc.
o   “literary” characteristics - reliable/unreliable character
-       effect created with technique
Style
-       authorial persona’s personality
o   not author, per se
o   situation-specific personal
o   changes over time
-       shifts when author’s persona changes
-       discussed in terms of character




Perrine (see book)
- Musical devices (11)
- Sound and meaning (13)
- Pattern (14)
- Evaluating poetry (15-160

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