I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere novellen “Farida's Eyes” af Leila Aboulela, som indgik i skriftlig eksamen i Engelsk A på HHX den 4. december 2019. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af novellen samt hjælp til at fortolke den og finde tema og budskab.
Eksamensspørgsmål
Write an analytical essay in which you analyze and interpret the short story “Farida’s Eyes” by Leila Aboulela. Part of your essay must focus on characterization, theme(s) and message.
Write the analytical essay in English. Word count: 800-1200 words
Use the following source: “Farida’s Eyes” by Leila Aboulela
You may use additional sources in English, for example from the Internet. Do not forget to document all your sources.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “Farida’s Eyes” (2015)
Forfatter: Leila Aboulela
Genre: Short story
Leila Aboulela er født i Egypten i 1964 og er barn af en egyptisk mor og en sudanesisk far. Hun gik på en katolsk skole i Khartoum, hvor hun lærte engelsk, og senere studerede hun økonomi på universitetet i Khartoum. I 1990 flyttede hun til Aberdeen i Skotland.
Hun har skrevet romaner, noveller og radiospil. Hendes værker er blevet oversat til 15 sprog, og hun har modtaget adskillige litteraturpriser. Novellen “Farida’s Eyes” blev sendt i BBC Radios program “New Writing from the Arab World” i 2015.
Uddrag
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Outer characterization
Farida is the main character in the short story “Farida’s Eyes” by Leila Aboulela. She is probably in her early teens and attends a Catholic school for girls. She has at least two siblings, an older brother (who gets in trouble with the police) and a baby brother. Her family is not very well off, since they are worried about “the rise in the price of sugar” (l. 106), and her father complains about school-related expenses for Farida.
Since Farida is an Arabic name, we can assume that she is of Arab descent. Farida is tall for her age. She has poor eyesight, which eventually leads to her wearing glasses.
