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What is a theme? • A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work, usually involving some insight into human existence – Themes are often related to the author’s purpose in writing the literary work. • Theme differs from the subject or topic of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the topic
What is theme in literature? • Theme is the main idea or message about mankind or life conveyed by a piece of literary work. • A theme should be expressed by a complete sentence, thought, or idea rather than just one word. • Not every piece of literature has a theme. • A theme can be the “moral” of a story, or lesson, but it does not have to be.
How does a reader identify theme? • The theme may be stated clearly in the story or implied through the story’s plot. • The theme might be presented by the actions, thoughts and feelings of the main characters. • The theme might be deep or difficult to understand.
How does a reader identify theme? • The reader may slowly come to realize theme of a story as she processes the text and reads the story in its entirety, all the way through to the end.
How does a reader identify theme? • Many popular children’s stories rely heavily on theme. • Stories remain timeless because theme is timeless. • Theme is often a moral.
Let’s practice! • Charlotte’s Web: • Theme: • Friendship
What is theme?
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Examples of theme • The need to take care of one’s own behavior now, for it affects one’s condition in the afterlife (Dante’s Inferno) • The struggle of young girls turning into women (Little Women) • Inhumanity of racism (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Questions to help locate a theme • Does the text examine some common life experience or problem? – Does the text offer any solutions or answers to common problems? • How do the other elements in the story work together? What ideas or observations about life do they reveal?
How is theme presented? • Often, stories suggest a theme through the details of: – Characters – Plot – Setting – Point of view • Themes of most literature have to do with emotions and experiences that make us human—fear, courage, loss, love, etc.