Narrative Devices What sorts of narrative devices are
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Narrative Devices
What sorts of narrative devices are used in Kite Runner?
What sorts of narrative devices are used in Kite Runner? • • 1 st person narrator Retrospective narration Unreliable narrator Narrative structure Narrative style Foreshadowing Flashbacks/Memories • • Irony Fable Allegory Sub-plots Dreams Symbolism Correspondence
Links between texts What links can you make between aspects of narrative in Keats (or the other texts) and Kite Runner? • Redemption • Suffering to achieve Objects of desire Dreams Biased narrator Retrospect/withholding knowledge • Narrator = clouded judgement? • • Sub-plots Change in place Time Emotion Events v character Magic/supernatural v reality/fact • Light v dark • • •
Section B Homework Question SECTION B (42 marks) Answer one question from this section. You must not answer on the text used in Section A. You are advised to spend one hour on this section.
Planning a response • Choose the question – pin down what it asks. • Establish an argument – a thesis – for your discussion: what is your basic answer to the question? • Identify topic sentences/ focus for each paragraph – you might want to think about ‘different interpretations’ when you decide on the order of your paragraphs. • Identify evidence for each paragraph that will be rich for analysis. • Consider the effects of the evidence in detail – are there a variety of effects? Remember – deep thinking!