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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Get to know your metalanguage
Metalanguage is the language used to decribe or analyse language. You will be dealing with metalanguage throughout each Area of Study so it is important to develop a good understanding of exactly what it is. Though it might seem like an alien language, lucky for you, you have been doing this your whole schooling career. For example similes, adjectives, verbs, metaphors and alliteration are all metalanguage terms.
Take the time to research sites on language features and techniques. A world of knowledge providing explanations and examples of literary devices is at your fingertips. Start by looking up these terms; symbolism, sarcasm, irony and intertextuality.
Some structure points
Genre: Dear America can be referred to as a social commentary and history
There are various authorial voices. These can be categorised into 3 types:
1. The editor - Bernard Edelman
2. The photographers - Bernard Edelman, Mark Jury and Larry Burrows
3. The letter writers.
Organisation of text: 8 chapters prefaced with exposition notes and accompanied by photographs. The chapter titles can be viewed mataphorically. They outline the premise that the soldiers are involved in a relationship with Vietnam that is akin to that of a romantic relationship.
The chapters provide the reader with an overarching plot from which to view the text. Sub-plots are presented through various letter writers to detail the breadth of Vietnam War experiences.
Edelman provides the reader with biographical details pertaining to each soldier.
An introduction by John McCain, foreword by William Broyles, Jr. and preface by Bernard Edelman open the text. All these men were participant in the Vietnam War. McCain and Broyles, Jr. as soldiers and Edelman as a journalist. Together they set the tone from which the reader approaches the text. They position the reader to consider the experience and treatment of returned soldiers, to see the human element of the conflict and to view this text as an accurate, reliable representation of Vietnam War history.
The compilation concludes with an epilogue. This concluding statement of the text is a letter by the grieving mother of William 'Bill' R. Stocks, Eleanor Wimbish. Her letter highlights the conyinuing suffering of those touched by the war.
Poetry features prominently in the compilation.
There are various authorial voices. These can be categorised into 3 types:
1. The editor - Bernard Edelman
2. The photographers - Bernard Edelman, Mark Jury and Larry Burrows
3. The letter writers.
Organisation of text: 8 chapters prefaced with exposition notes and accompanied by photographs. The chapter titles can be viewed mataphorically. They outline the premise that the soldiers are involved in a relationship with Vietnam that is akin to that of a romantic relationship.
The chapters provide the reader with an overarching plot from which to view the text. Sub-plots are presented through various letter writers to detail the breadth of Vietnam War experiences.
Edelman provides the reader with biographical details pertaining to each soldier.
An introduction by John McCain, foreword by William Broyles, Jr. and preface by Bernard Edelman open the text. All these men were participant in the Vietnam War. McCain and Broyles, Jr. as soldiers and Edelman as a journalist. Together they set the tone from which the reader approaches the text. They position the reader to consider the experience and treatment of returned soldiers, to see the human element of the conflict and to view this text as an accurate, reliable representation of Vietnam War history.
The compilation concludes with an epilogue. This concluding statement of the text is a letter by the grieving mother of William 'Bill' R. Stocks, Eleanor Wimbish. Her letter highlights the conyinuing suffering of those touched by the war.
Poetry features prominently in the compilation.
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