Critically discuss how these themes play out

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ENGL120 An Introduction to Literature and Film Batemans Bay / Bega / Southern Highlands / Shoalhaven / Wollongong

Part A: Complete all questions. Each question is worth five marks and your response should be between 250 and 350 words in each case.

A1. Discuss the significance of this passage in relation to the main narrative and thematic concerns of the text from which it comes (5 marks; 1 mark implicitly for identifying the text; 250-350 words).

A2. Examine the following stills from Memento. Contextualise the scene and its theme(s) and then critically discuss how these themes play out visually in the scene.

A3. Why are the Tralfamadorians able to "read [the
messages] all at once, not one after the other?" (1 mark) Compare and contrast the structure of the Tralfamadorian novels with the structure of Slaughterhouse-5, making detailed reference to the description of the novels given in the passage below. (4 marks; ; 250-350 words)

A4. Who is speaking in the text panels below? (2
marks) What is the central idea that the extract deals with, and how do the formal features of the extract relate to that central idea of the text as a whole? (3 marks; 250-350 words)

A5. How does the trope of the boots function in The Drover's Wife? How are they used to convey both literal and symbolic information? (5 marks; 250-350 words)

Part B: ONE answer worth fifteen marks.

Write an essay of 650-800 words in response to ONE of the following questions.

In all cases at least one of the texts you discuss must be chosen from the second half of the course, ie Memento, Slaughterhouse-5, or Fun Home.

In all cases your answer must include close references to specific details or aspects of the texts you discuss, but does not need to include direct quotation.

B1. Discuss the use of metafiction (or metamemoir or metatheatre or cinematic metatextuality) in one or two of the texts we have studied in this subject. Your essay should have a thesis statement making a ‘bold, provable claim' (Sword) about where, why and how metaliterary elements appear in the text/s, and how the use of metafiction relates to the broader themes, ideas, or aesthetic concerns of the text/s.

B2. Compare and contrast the narrative structures of two of the texts we have studied in this subject. Your essay should include some discussion of the reasons why these texts have structured their narratives differently, and/or some discussion of the different effects created by these different structures.

B3. Compare and contrast two texts we have studied in this subject in relation to one of the following:

(a) their treatment of reading (including the interpretation of visual artworks or texts)
(b) their treatment of gender
(c) their treatment of trauma

Your essay should have a thesis statement making a ‘bold, provable claim' (Sword) about the similarities and/or differences between the ways the two texts treat the topic you have chosen.

Attachment:- Literature and Film Batemans.rar

Reference no: EM133166213

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