the jam maker analytical essay

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Formalia & andet

• Argumentation
• Writing style
• The setting
• structure/composition
• Point of view
• Narrative technique

Non-fiction

• Writing style & language
• Conveying attitude
• Engaging the audience
• Rhetorical pentagram
• Are we nearly there? (Fiction)
• Why we need to slow down our lives (Non-fiction)

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Written assignments | A-Niveau | Fiction | Symbolism

"A symbol is indeed the only possible expression of some invisible essence, a transparent lamp about a spiritual flame; while allegory is one of many possible representations of an embodied thing, or familiar principle, and belongs to fancy and not to imagination: the one is a revelation, the other an amusement." - William Butler Yeats

Introduktion

Analyse og fortolkning af symbolik er en af de mere komplekse analytiske discipliner. Symbolik er et af de stærkeste og mest interessante værktøjer i en forfatters arsenal, som gør det muligt for forfatteren, på åbenlys eller subtil vis, at tilføre mening og dybde til specifikke ord, objekter eller symboler i teksten. Hvis denne mening skal opfattes af læseren kræver det, at læseren besidder en evne til abstrakt tænkning samt at læseren engagerer sig i teksten på et mere dybdegående plan. Tekstens egentlige mening afhænger derfor sjældent udelukkende af symbolik, men i stedet åbner fænomenet op for underliggende lag og derved en dybere forståelse af teksten.

Assignment 4A – Fiction

Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Huma Qureshi’s short story “The Jam Maker”.

Part of your essay must focus on symbolism in the story. In addition your essay must include an analysis of the style of writing in lines 98-109.

Opgaveformulering, skriftlig eksamen, 9. december 2022.

Der er en stor mængde hyppigt anvendte symboler, hvoraf de fleste stammer fra verdenshistorien og fænomener som religion, filosofi, kærlighed og krig, som typisk anvendes på mere åbenlys vis og hvor de fleste moderne læsere nærmest forventer en form for underliggende symbolsk mening. Eksempler på disse symboler kan være hjerter, hvide duer, kors, æbler og røde roser. Det er dog vigtigt at pointere, at mange symboler er facetterede, og at det derfor er vigtigt at anskue og behandle symbolikken i den tekstuelle kontekst, hvor den optræder. Af berømte litterære symboler kan konkylien i (1564-1616) " data-content="William Golding, British novelist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature for parables of the human condition. He is especially known for his 1954 novel Lord of the Flies." class="image-tooltips"> William Golding s Lord of the Flies (1954) is a novel by William Golding in which an of young boys, crashes near an uninhabited island. The boys attempt to establish their own society, but gradually degrade into savagery." class="image-tooltips">The Lord of the Flies , den svævende daggert i (1564-1616) " data-content="William Shakespeare, British poet and playwright, frequently hailed as the greatest writer of the English language. His works include Romeo and Juliet (1595), Macbeth (1608) and Hamlet (1611)." class="image-tooltips"> William Shakespeare s Macbeth (1606) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. One of the most famous plays of the English language, it is the tale of Macbeth's ambition to become King and his inevitable downfall. " class="image-tooltips">Macbeth (1606) og det grønne lys i (1896-1940) " data-content="F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer and novelist famous for his novel The Great Gatsby (1925). He was also recognised as part of The Lost Generation and for his depictions of the Jazz Age." class="image-tooltips"> F. Scott Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby (1925) is widely regarded the magnus opum of F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is an intense, but tragic love story of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan that also reads as a criticism of the American Dream." class="image-tooltips"> The Great Gatsby (1925) nævnes.

Litterære virkemidler

I tekster hvor symbolikken ikke anvendes som førnævnte åbenlyse objekter gøres der ofte brug af litterære virkemidler som metaphors , simile , imagery , comparisons og Personification " subheading="Literary device" titles="British,American" class="tooltips2"> personification til at udfolde denne subtile mening. Ved brug af litterære virkemidler, men på sin vis også mere konkrete objekter, vil de ofte anvendes gentagne gange i teksten for at understrege eller antyde en underliggende symbolik.

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Huma Qureshi on using fiction to explore human emotions

The author and former Bazaar short-story competition winner explores the depths of silence and the poignancy of everyday moments in her new collection of stories

“We think the things we choose not to tell others are small, but actually the act of withholding them makes them bigger,” says Huma Qureshi of the inspiration behind her debut collection of short stories, Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love .

Journeying from London to Lahore and Tuscany to the South of France, each tale is stitched together by underlying themes of love and loneliness; and each poignantly reveals the dissonance that secrets can cause in relationships. “It starts with a moment,” Qureshi reflects, “and as I explore that moment, I lose myself in the mystery of it.” A man leaves his girlfriend’s book out in the rain; a daughter tells her mother to be quiet; a teenager develops a crush – Qureshi’s rich, intimate prose recognises these instances as profound and transports you to the emotional heart of them.

Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love

Qureshi began her career as a journalist, covering what she describes as “deeply moving stories about families and real people” for The Guardian ’s weekend supplement, taking creative writing classes in the evenings. “I began to realise that fiction was this vehicle for exploring human emotions,” she says, “putting people in difficult situations and trying to find a way out for them.”

Her other works include a celebration of migrant voices, In Spite of Oceans , and her emotive memoir of last year, How We Met , in which she describes her struggles when marrying for love outside of her Muslim community. Her dream had always been “to lock myself away and write books”; and when her youngest of three sons began nursery, she regained several precious hours a week to do so, in a nearby café. At the end of one of these sessions, she submitted “The Jam Maker” to the Harper’s Bazaar 2020 short-story competition , “with an eye on the clock knowing that I had to go and pick up my little boy,” she says. This tale, which was picked as that year’s winner, will be published in Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love – revealing once again the true power of a single moment.

‘Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love’ by Huma Qureshi (£16.99, Sceptre) is out now.

Enter the 2022 Harper’s Bazaar short-story competition

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