Linguistic Analysis and Narrative Techniques

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Language Functions

• Issuer (Emotive / Expressive): Focuses on the addresser's feelings.
• Message:
  • Metalinguistic: Language that describes the language itself (the "code").
  • Aesthetic: Creative and fun use of language.
• Channel (Phatic): Testing the effectiveness of the communication channel.
• Receiver (Conative): Draws attention to the receiver (e.g., using nicknames).
• Context (Referential): Emphasizes the content and references to the message context.

Language Levels

Denotative Level: The single-literal sense. Truth is established when what is said corresponds to reality.

Connotative Level: Several senses involving figurative language. It requires interpretation by the receiver.

According to the degree of emotion: positive, neutral, or negative.

Methodology for Text Analysis and Commentary

1. Reading

• Familiarization with the text.
• Clarifying the meanings of unfamiliar terms.

2. Location

• Author, literary movement, time, and the work (identifying if it is a fragment or not).
• Literary genre.

3. Determination of the Issue

Identify the main idea that links the entire work. This determination is resolved by writing a sentence that:

• Is a grammatical sentence with a subject and predicate.
• Addresses the main concepts of the work in general terms without over-elaborating.
• Is complete (nothing raised in the work is left out).
• Is brief.

4. Determination of the Structure

• External: The textual and editorial layout.
• Internal: Identify the thematic progression of the work. Example: First Paragraph: The Woodsman (verses 1 to 10).

5. Analysis of the Theme

Identifying literary devices used in relation to the issue raised.

6. The Conclusion

• Balance.
• Review.

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Oral Comments

• Reader Perception: Impressions from the reading.
• Analysis of the Work:
  • Recognition of the constituent elements (morphology).
  • Recognition of the role of these elements together (syntax).

Literary Genre: Narrative

• Storytelling: The act of narration.
• History: What is told (exposition, climax, and denouement).
• Elements: Narrator, characters, actions/events, space, time, dialogues, descriptions, and literary devices.

Linguistics: The Science of Language

• Morphology: The form or type of words.
• Syntax: The functions of words within sentences.
• Semantics: The idea or meaning of the message.

Speech Start Rates and Narrative Order

• Ab Ovo: The beginning of the speech coincides with the beginning of the story.
• In Medias Res: The beginning of the speech corresponds to an intermediate point between the beginning and the end of the work.
• In Extremis Res: The beginning of the speech starts at the end of the story.

Narrative Leaps

• Analepsis (Flashback): A leap into the past from the present narrative (background).
• Prolepsis (Flash Forward): A leap into the future from the present narrative (foreshadowing).
• Ellipsis: A break in the narrative time.

Narrative Sequence

The narrative order of actions and base units of the account:

• Exposition: The history of the story.
• Node: The conflict.
• Outcome: The resolution of the conflict.