I denne study guide får du hjælp til analyse af novellen "Father Daughter" af Jim Harrison.
Teksten har været anvendt til skriftlig eksamen med netadgang i Engelsk B på HF i oktober 2014, hvor eksamensspørgsmålet lød:
1. Write a summary of "Father Daughter" in about 150 words.
2. Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about Jim Harrison's short story "Father Daughter". You must focus on the main character Norton.
Include the following words and phrases in your essay:
title, setting, conflict, main theme
3. Taking your starting point in the short story, discuss what constitutes a good parent-child relationship.
Use at least two of the phrases from the box below:
on the other hand, for example, In spite of, instead, still, therefore, in conclusion, In other words
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “Father Daughter” (2004)
Forfatter: Jim Harrison
Genre: Novelle
Jim Harrison (1937-2016) var en amerikansk forfatter. Han var mest kendt for sine digte og længere noveller. Novellen "Father Daughter" blev udgivet i The New Yorker i 2004.
Uddrag
Her får du en læseprøve på vores novelleanalyse:
Father-daughter relationship
This theme is maybe the most important one in the story, and it is related to the title. Norton believes that he and his daughter had a beautiful relationship when Laura was little, but she implies that her father is exaggerating and that it was not as serene as he claims. Their discussion is, in fact, the manifestation of a conflict that was put off for too long. We will discuss their relationship in the following section of the study guide.
