Representation and Text History and Memory ‘How to answer the Module AND Elective’
How to address the Elective – History and Memory THESIS STATEMENTS History is really a collection of individual memory Memory is fragile and can be easily altered by collective dominant histories. TEXT A collective history doesn’t account for individual memory
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How to address the Module - REPRESENTATION TYPE/GENRE FEATURES PURPOSE TECHNIQUES PERSPECTIVE EFFECT
TYPE/GENRE What is type of text? Form? Construction? Drama Novel Song Poetry Film Feature Article Cartoon Biography etc…. How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
PURPOSE Why has the composer created the text? What are they wanting to achieve? What is their aim? inform educate challenge persuade sensationalise satirise etc…. How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed? PERSPECTIVE What is the composer’s perspective on the issue? How are they positioning the audience towards their perspective? What shapes their perspective? How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed? FEATURES What are the features of the text PARTICULAR TO ITS TYPE/FORM? Song (lyrics, chorus, rhythm, tonality, etc) Website (homepage, hyperlinks, navigation, interactivity, etc) Speech (rhetoric, figurative language, high modality, etc) How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed? TECHNIQUES What other techniques are being used to create meaning? Figurative language Rhetoric Modality Mood/tone Structure Vocabulary choices How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
EFFECT What is the effect on the audience? What is the impact of this representation? Overall message/idea/response EVALUATION of the effectiveness of the representation
Overall REPRESENTATIONS of HISTORY AND MEMORY History is really a collection of individual memory Memory is fragile and can be easily altered by collective dominant histories. TEXT A collective history doesn’t account for individual memory