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Novel: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Course Project – Literary Analysis

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Module 05 Content

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For this project assignment, you will submit your Literary Analysis paper on the assigned novel selected for the course, which should focus on three or more elements of fiction to show how this novel is an example of modern literature in both theme and style. Please review the literary terms explored in this course. These will help you to develop the ideas and concepts you chose to examine in your paper.

Technical Requirements:

· 7-8 pages in length, not including cover page and references page

· Use the APA template with APA cover and References page attached

· Use a minimum of 5 outside resources, in addition to the textbook

· At least three of the five resources need to be from the Rasmussen Online Library. The remaining articles should be from credible sources.

For this final project assignment, you should visit the Course Project tab in the LIT3382 Modern World Literature Course Guide. There you will find a link to the Literary Analysis Guide with information to help you to write a literary analysis paper. The Writing Guide and APA Guide may also assist you with the writing requirements. You can access the course guide in your Module 01 course tab.

Project Overview

The course project is based on aspects of 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
, which is the novel you are assigned to read for the course. You will write a 7-8 pages literary analysis paper, which should focus on the theme and three or more of the literary terms you studied in Modules 1-3. For example, you might show how the author, Mark Haddon, used the first person point of view, a young protagonist, and stream of consciousness to explore a certain theme, such as Coming of Age. The paper will need to show examples of how this novel is an example of post-modern literature in both theme and style. For example, you might choose to explore the novel as a “genre” novel or more closely examine the stylistic nature of the work. While reading the novel and formulating ideas for a paper, examine the following questions to gain a deeper understanding of how to read and write about literature:

· What techniques did the author use to create memorable characters?

· What point of view is used in the novel? For example, is it written from the first person viewpoint or is it 3rd person, or even 3rd person omniscient? Is the viewpoint important to the story? Find supporting evidence that explains the unique viewpoint presented in this novel.

· What are the major conflicts examined in the novel? How are the conflicts explained?

· How did the author incorporate other stylistic devices in this novel? What was unusual and modern about the style? What is the main idea or theme? Sometimes there are multiple themes in a work of fiction. When reading the novel, look for clues that focus on the main idea or point(s) that you think the novel is presenting to readers?

· How is dialogue used in the novel?

· Is the setting important in the novel? If so, explain why and how the setting is used.

· Was the title of the novel significant or symbolic? If so, why?

· What do you think (from your research) was the author’s purpose in writing this novel?

· What changes (if any) do you think this novel brought about in modern literature?

Link to the novel and it is very easy to access on google/youtube

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzaG9ydHN0b3J5MTAxbmVmdXxneDo3NmZkNGFjZGI2MzZmMjE5 Bottom of Form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgZx_lrgWKE

Hey tutor, I am required to use many of those words/vocabularies in my essay, in sentences

Literary Terms

In any field of study, you will find vocabulary and terms that are unique to that field. As you study literature, and in particular the differences between genres and styles across the decades covered in this course, you will find it helpful to utilize the particular terms associated with reading and analyzing works of literature.

Learning these terms will help you as you work through the readings, write about literature in your writing assignments, and prepare you for the final exam. Please make a note of any unfamiliar terms and their definitions, so that you may refer to them while studying. Many of these may be found in the glossary of your text, and some may be found within the lessons as you progress through the course.

Allegory 

A narrative in which persons, objects, settings, or events represent general concepts, moral qualities, or other abstractions. 

Protagonist 

The hero or main character of a narrative or drama. 

Ambiguity 

Multiple meanings introduced to increase the complexity of a work. 

Diction 

A writer’s selection of words. Particular patterns or arrangements of words in sentences and paragraphs constitute prose style. 

Flashback

A writer’s way of introducing important earlier material. As a narrator tells a story, he or she may stop the flow of events and direct the reader to an earlier time. 

Regionalism   

Literature that is strongly identified with a specific place, or with setting concentrated on one geographical area. 

Antagonist 

A character in some fiction, whose motives and actions work against, or are thought to work against, those of the hero in the story.

Foreshadowing

Words, gestures, and other actions that suggest future events or outcomes. 

Archetype  

A term introduced by Sigmund Freud in the 1930s relating to religious, mythical, or cultural unconscious recognition of images. 

Allusion 

A subtle or obvious reference to historical or legendary people, events, or situations. E.g., supernatural beings representing God or Devil. 

Dadaism 

A philosophy that rejected any s form of authority and created works which focused on mocking the establishment in art, music, and literature. 

Anti-hero

A leading character, male or female, without positive attributes and status found in classic drama. 

Nihilism 

Total rejection of belief in anything; felt life was “meaningless”. 

Surrealism

A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind (e.g., irrational juxtaposition of images). 

Stream of Consciousness 

In fiction, the technique designed to represent a character’s inner thoughts, which flow in a stream without grammatical structure, punctuation or apparent coherence. 

Utopian

A kind of fiction that imagines perfect social, moral, and physical worlds for the characters or citizens. 

Didactic 

A kind of fiction that is designed to present or demonstrate a moral, religious, political, or other belief or position. 

Modernism 

A movement that represented a radical break with conventions of the past, including religion, art, literature, and science. 

Dystopian 

A kind of fiction that illustrates the negative consequences of a so-called perfect society, usually created by technological advances leading to totalitarianism.

Primitivism 

A recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization. 

Interior Monologue 

An extended speech or narrative, presumed to be thought rather than spoken by a character. 

Empathy 

Identification with another’s situation so as to experience similar emotions and physical sensations. 

Theme 

The main idea or underlying meaning that is explored in a story. 

Magical Realism 

A narrative technique developed by many Caribbean, Central and South American writers who interweave personal daily life and vivid, often fantastical images. 

Symbol 

A reference to a concrete image, object, character, pattern, or action whose associations evoke significant meanings beyond the literal ones. 

Imagery 

A word or group of words evoking concrete visual, auditory, or tactile associations. 

Elements of Fiction

Plot, characters, setting, point of view, style, and theme in a story.

Frame Story  

A story that contains another story or stories within it. 

Omniscient Narrator 

A storyteller who seems to know everything about a story’s events and characters, even their inner feelings.

Irony 

A way of writing or speaking that asserts the opposite of what the author, reader, and character know to be true.