LU 3 - The writers use of sound

We look at Sound in terms of Rhythm and Rhyme in poetry.
We need to know a bit about cadence and meter and scansion then we look at alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia.

Poems used are
Robert Browning's How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix
ee cummings Anyone lived in a pretty how town
T.S. Eliot Preludes
Surrey's Night
Herman Charles Bosman's Seed

Parts of Speech

The dreaded NAVA lesson.

It's more fun if you can have an argument with it.
Here is a simple way to understand why it is important to know word classes and what they do and why they do it.
By the way; I disagree with some of it, but that's irrelevant.
http://loginisnotaverb.com/ 

There are a number of words that flit comfortably between all the parts of speech and many of the word classes, unfortunately many are not for use in polite society. I'm not sure why this is, but swear words manage to cross many bridges.

LU 2 - Narrative Technique

Key Concepts

Narrative  technique concerned with methods used to best convey ideas and stories through narative
Stories typically have a plot, characters and setting
A writer, as we have have already seen, often works from a perspective or viewpoint 
We will deal with a lot of  literary terms relating to literature and narrative at large and it would be good to familarise yourself with as many of them as possible.

One thing a writer has to do is use a narrator or person who tells the story to convey his ideas.
This lends a uniqueness to the story and combined with the other elements often helps place the story in a genre
In this unit you are expected to become familiar with various writing styles and narrative techniques as well as identify the narrator chosen and explain why.

As you become proficient in literary technique you will perhaps be better able to distinguish between Writer's and Novelist's and workers in other Genres.

Reading
Read Leading Questions Chapter 4 and the Study Guide Unit 2 and explore the above links


Things to Do

1. Parody a specific style or genre
2. Parody a specific persons way of speach
3. Read up on literature and propaganda

Some links to interesting Authors alluded to in the Unit

Bill Bryson
Robert Byron
There is a further list of travel writers on page 51 of leading questions.

Figurative Language - Unit 1

Figurative language as opposed to literal language is a good step off point.
Figures of speech are the result
These are figures of speech you should know from school.
These are what you should be becoming familiar with.

When we use figurative speech we are deviating from literal language.

In psychology devianve usually is a problem which needs fixing.
In language it is a powerful tool

We can deviate Semantically, Syntactically, or Phonetically
In simple terms this parallels Sense, Shape and Sound
Loosely speaking this is about Grammar

For example a simple metaphor conveys a world of deeper meaning.
" My love is rose"
Has love as the vehicle
and rose as the tenor
The ground is the attribute you are trying to invoke, in this case beauty, fragility or thorns, depending on the situation also called context

So; Do you hold with the classical or romantic view of metaphor?

Poets and items alluded to in this unit
George Barker - To my mother
Robert Burns Poem - Red, Red Rose
Charles Mungoshi - Burning Log

Douglas Livingstone - Sunstrike

John Dunne -
Gerald Manley Hopkins - Thou art indeed just, Lord