Примерная схема анализа текста Object of Interpretation * The text I’m going to interpret is … (an extract from…, a selection from…) * It is selected from … (taken from)… * It is a short story, a novel, an extract from the novel, an essay. * It is well-written (true-to-life, easy to read, deep, dull, boring, badly written, too slow moving, unconvincing, depressing, heavy-going, etc). The author of the text * The author of the story (text, novel) is a playwright, (a reporter, a journalist, a publicist, an English writer, an American writer …). * The author is famous all over the world. * The author is a talented, prolific, well-known writer. * The author belongs to realistic school, symbolism. The Title and the Topic (Theme) * The title of the text is… * The title is emotive because… * The function of the title is emotive, it can be proved according to… * The title is topical, it indicates personages and whereabouts of the action. * The title is symbolic, because it symbolizes … * The title can foreshadow… * The title can orientate the reader… * The title can disorientate (mislead) the reader… * The title seems to foreshadow the contents… * The title has a symbolic overtone… * The given text deals with the… * The theme can be seen in the title (in the plot of the story). * There are two (three) main topics in the story which are… * The author depicts the topic from different points of view. Composition
The Plot * The story has a simple (complicated) plot… * The plot is rather intricate… * The plot is take from life * The plot deals with… * It develops rapidly (slowly)… * The plot describes (touches upon) the problems of … * The story gives a realistic (humorous, satirical, vivid, historical) picture of… * This