Write a plot summary of james joyces the dead

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Aims/Objectives

To combine some of the techniques of stylistic analysis learnt on this unit.

To assess your attainment of unit learning outcomes.

Assessment Description and Requirements

You should make use of at least 2 secondary references for this assessment. Length: 1600 words.

Submission: Attach your answer as a Word doc. and submit via the Turnitin link for Assessment 3.

Instructions:

Write a 100-word plot summary of James Joyce's 'The Dead'. This summary of the events of the story should appear at the top of your essay.

Now write a 1500-word essay on the following topic:

Consider the influence of the dead on the lives of Dubliners in Joyce's 'The Dead'.

In your essay, make use of concepts from at least TWO of the following areas of stylistic analysis:

Foregrounding (internal/external deviation; etc)

Transitivity

Modality

Cohesion

Speech & Thought categories (direct, indirect, & free indirect discourse)

Narrative mode (voice, reliability, focalisation)

Metaphor and Mind Style

Possible discussion points:

memory, absence, ghosts, the uncanny

history or the past and its relation to the present

the representation of consciousness

snow, music

the linguistic basis of the story's various effects

Assessment 3 - Final Essay

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Assessment 3 - Final Essay

Aims/Objectives

To combine some of the techniques of stylistic analysis learnt on this unit.

To assess your attainment of the unit learning's outcomes.

Assessment Description and Requirements

You will be invited to perform a stylistic analysis of a short story or passage from a novel.

You should make use of at least 2 secondary references for this assessment. Length: 1600 words.

The essay question will be made available in the Assessment folder.

Reference no: EM131838797

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