Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness'
I can confidently write a piece of structural analysis about an unseen fiction text.
Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness'
I can confidently write a piece of structural analysis about an unseen fiction text.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Considering the ordering of ideas is important when analysing the structure of a text.
- Saramago purposely withholds information in 'Blindness' to build suspense and intrigue.
- We must always ask ourselves why a writer chose to structure their writing in the way they did.
- Time conjunctions can help us to write effective structural analysis.
Keywords
Time conjunction - words that connect clauses by indicating time relationships between them
Suspense - a state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen
Withhold - refrain from giving
Common misconception
Students may assume that they need to identify and name specific structural devices in their structural analysis.
An answer simply referencing 'the beginning, middle and end' can make for a successful structural analysis.
Equipment
You will need access to the opening two paragraphs to José Saramago's 'Blindness' for this lesson.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the words and phrases a writer uses for effect
the style of a text
how a text is organised
the most exciting part of a text
the speed at which a narrative progresses
when two things are shown to be different from one another
beginning
middle
end