Reading & Creating Texts – Unit 1
When you have developed a sound understanding of the related textual features - Including plot, character, setting and text construction - of the texts you are studying, you are ready to return to a comparison of the underlying ideas, issues and themes that the texts explore. The similarities in the pair of texts may be visualised more effectively by constructing a Venn diagram to represent the overlapping concepts and concerns.
In mapping out your thoughts, It Is Important to consider not just how the texts are connected, but also the overall message of each text. The message of a text encompasses the underlying viewpoint of the author. As the text constructs meaning through its features (such as character, plot, setting and concepts), the reader is invited to share the author's views and to understand the moral or ethical points that the text may make. By representing these ideas in a Venn diagram, you should be able to see how the texts hold similar viewpoints or convey related messages, as well as noting the ways that these viewpoints are different.
VCE ENGLISH UNIT 1&2
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