Textual Cohesion, Coherence, and Adequacy Analysis
Textual Analysis: Cohesion, Coherence, and Adequacy
Main Ideas
- Subsections
- Structure: Divide the text into cores (linear, convergent, divergent, concentric, chaotic) (deductive, inductive, circular).
- Issue: Abstract, without verbs.
- Summary: No descriptions and examples without changing the subject.
Cohesion
Cohesion involves the repetition of words, synonyms, antonyms, ellipsis (when a sentence is missing the subject or the verb), and connectors (conjunctions, adverbs, conjunctive or adverbial phrases,
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Jorge Guillén – Beyond
Topic: The author, still half asleep, is surprised by the arrival of the morning, a sunny morning in which light is increasing. It is the desire to live and the rationale of its existence, the importance of being. The author expresses the importance of being discovered at dawn that day.
Questions
1. Summarize in 4 lines, the meaning of the text:
He wakes up from a dream and realizes. As he wakes up, he notices his amazement at everything he sees, but always with a sense of optimism.
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Beowulf: An Ancient Epic
Beowulf, the oldest of the great long poems written in English, was likely composed more than twelve hundred years ago, in the first half of the eighth century. It is an epic of more than three thousand lines. This poem deals with the adventurous exploits of Beowulf, who kills three dragons and is ultimately killed. The scenes and people are Scandinavian, and the poem is full of descriptive passages. The English ideal of courage and nobility is introduced. The poem discusses
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Analysis of Poem LVIII from *On the Banks of Sar*
- Discuss the poem LVIII of On the Banks of Sar, Rosalía de Castro, describing it formally concerning the relationship of the lyrical with the natural environment.
The student should note the subtle rhyme Rosalía de Castro used in this poem: assonance and rhyme stanzas of variable structure, a different number of verses (seven, five, and two), and monorhythmic hexadecasyllables because they rhyme with each other (á-o, a-a, é-o) within each stanza.
Analyzing Plath’s ‘Ariel’ and Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’
Sylvia Plath’s ‘Ariel’ and James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’
Sylvia Plath’s Biography and Context
Biography: Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was an American poet known for her confessional style, which delves deeply into personal experiences and psychological struggles. Plath’s life, marked by severe depression, ended in her suicide.
Historical and Literary Context: Ariel, published posthumously in 1965, is part of the confessional poetry movement of the mid-20th century. It is characterized by intense, personal
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Castilian Dialects: Varieties and Influences
Castilian has different dialects, categorized as historical and contemporary.
Historical Dialects
Historical dialects are varieties derived directly from Latin and primitive languages simultaneous to Castilian. These languages were absorbed by Castilian influence. There are two main historical dialects:
- Leonese: Arising in the ancient kingdom of Leon, it retains some archaic phonetic and morphological features. The Asturian Language Academy recognizes its