Considering the use of dialogue in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
I can explain and analyse Dostoevsky's use of dialogue in an extract from 'Crime and Punishment'.
Considering the use of dialogue in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
I can explain and analyse Dostoevsky's use of dialogue in an extract from 'Crime and Punishment'.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Dialogue might be hard to construct in writing because it relies heavily on body language.
- Dialogue is important because it not only reveals information about the characters but also wider ideas of connection.
- Arguably, Dostoevsky structures the dialogue to immediately create a sense of tension.
- Potentially, the use of punctuation and division of dialogue show Raskolnikov's impoverished status.
- The use of body language demonstrates Raskolnikov's tension and anxiety.
Keywords
Dialogue - a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film
Contrast - an obvious difference between two or more things
Impoverished - very poor; deprived of strength or vitality
Ellipsis - a type of punctuation that represents a pause or that something has been intentionally left out
Common misconception
That dialogue is a superfluous part of a text and can't be analysed in the same way as other structural or language features.
We can analyse dialogue by considering how it's structured, how the conversation is divided up, the use of punctuation and through the use of body language.
Equipment
The copy of the extract from Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' is in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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).
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