English 3700 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Alienation, Historical Fiction, Postmodern Architecture
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In the same class room, 2 - 4. An explanation of the significance of the passage to the text. Address how the passage underscores, emphasizes, illuminates, etc, the wider themes and meaning of the text as a whole. Eg. speak to themes and concepts, like the simulation, gender, patriarchy, extentialism, absurdity, etc that relate to the novel. First to speak specifically about the significance in the passage, the interactions, etc. The second relates to the wider text, and how other themes of the passage relates to the text. It is unlikely that a passage will not feature any names of the characters. Make sure you have satisfied yourself that you know what the text is trying to say. It is hard to do the significance portion without this. Passages will be selected that are integral to the text as mentioned in lecture.
