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Okso this will be about

the study of Literature?

or knowledge of Literature?

(Carter & Long, 1991)

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Reasons for Literature

in our practices Memorable

Authentic/authenticated material

A good model for good writing

Mental training

Non-trivial Open to multiple interpretations

Personal involvement

Language enrichment

Cultural enrichment Model for rhythm

Psycholinguistic aspects of language learning(Collie & Slater, 1987; Hall, 2005; Lazar, 1993)

Choose

your top 3!

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Models for the use of L

Cultural model

Personal growth model

reader response

Language model

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An exampleYou know what he told his wives by way of

defence? That I forcedmyself on him. That itwas my fault. Didi? You see? This is what itmeans to be a woman in this world.

Nana put down the bowl of chicken feed. She liftedMariams chin with a finger.

Look at me, Mariam.

Reluctantly, Mariam did.

Nana said, Learn this now and learn it well, mydaughter: Like a compass needle that pointsnorth, a mans accusing finger always finds awoman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

Hosseini, Khaled (2007)A Thousand Splendid Suns. New York: RiverheadBooks. pp 6-7.

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Butusing a novel?

Whats positive?

Whats negative?

Whats interesting?

Criteria

for

selecting

a novel

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Teaching a novel. Phases.(after Parkinson & Reid Thomas, 2000).

Phase Feature

1. Transformation How to introduce the text

2. Reduction How information is mademanageable focusing on

content

3. Categorisation and4. Storage

Categories of analysis for

appropriation

5. Retrieval Through essay or project

writing

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Getting started

Did you use to wear pyjamas?

Do you still wear them?

What stage of your life are they connected

with?

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____ _____(n)

____ ____ ______ (adj)_________ (n)

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While reading

Language-based approaches

Stylistics Pedagogical Stylistics

> description

> interpretation

> evaluation

deviation and foregrounding in grammarand lexis

(Carter & Stockwell, 2008; Clark & Zyngier, 2009;

Cook, 1994; Short, 1996)

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Character Physical

characteristics

Personality? Type of

character?

ONE adjective

which willhelp you

remember

him/her.

Bruno

Mother

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In the first chapter, the narrator mentions

the Fury and his beaut i fu l woman.

According to the historical background of

the novel, who do you think these twocharacters are? Work with your partner

and discuss.

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Less is more

In a cave set back from the ocean, on the coast ofNew Zealand, Louise and Schmidt hide alongwith two local boys frightened of being called upto fight in the Great War. But the sensual rhythm

of the tango lessons that Schmidt gives on asandy cave floor will have devastatingconsequences for all of them. Two generationslater, Schmidts fiery granddaughter Rosa,running an Argentinian restaurant, captivates a

young man with the same sultry music thatinspired seduction and deception so many yearsearlier.

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Foregrounding

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Foregrounding

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Now continue this extract by

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Now, continue this extract by

breaking the pattern in such a way

that what you write stands out.Twenty five boys were sent that year to Camp

Bradford. Twenty five brothers, and friends, and sons,

and grandsons. And all of them were so happy to spenda summer by the beach, by the deep blue sea, by the

coast which timidly faced another continent, another

way of doing things, other dreams. And twenty five boys

left early that morning,

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Cliff-hangers

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Cliffhangers

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The point of no return

As the story unfolds, we reach a point of no return, thatis, a point at which events cannot be undone and howthe end will be is clear or inevitable. In pairs or smallgroups, read the following possibilities and choose one.

You will explain your choice to the rest of the class. Brunos constant explorations to the fence. Mothers argument with Father in chapter 17.

The disappearance of Shmuels father.

When Bruno crosses the fence into the camp.

Brunos keeping his promise to look for Papa. Bruno and Shmuel joining on the march.

(your own)

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Describing

TITLE AND AUTHOR

YEAR OF PUBLICATION

IT IS DIVIDED IN...THEME(S)SETTING

PLOT (between 50 and 70 words)

PROTAGONIST(S)

ANTAGONIST(S)

OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

LITERARY TECHNIQUES

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On blurbs and reviews

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On blurbs and reviews

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Praising

Again in groups, they are given these questions:

Whats the common feature these newspapers see in the novel?

Imagine that you work for these newspapers and you have beenasked to support your praise. Find examples in the text whichillustrate what you say.

Whats the effect of such simple language? Is that part of the writersstyle?

What differences and similarities in the use of language can you find

between the way Bruno talks and the way the narrator tells thestory? Think of phrases, sentence patterns, vocabulary

Now, compare your answers with another group and report to thewhole class.

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Before you stand up and run awaywell, you may be asleep already

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Thank you