I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere novellen "That Summer" af Safia Moore, som har været brugt til skriftlig eksamen i Engelsk B på STX den 27. maj 2019. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af teksten, samt idéer til fortolkning og perspektivering.
Eksamensspørgsmål
1. Write a short summary of Safia Moore’s short story “That Summer” in about 125 words.
2. Write an analytical essay (700-900 words) in which you analyse and interpret the short story. Your essay must focus on the relationship between the characters. Include the following analytical terms in your essay: point of view, setting, style, main theme.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “That Summer” (2015)
Forfatter: Safia Moore
Genre: Short story
Safia Moore er en forfatter og redaktør fra Nordirland. Hun har en ph.d. i irsk poesi, og har publiceret tekster i mange forskellige genrer.
Hendes novelle "That Summer" modtog Bath Short Story Award i 2015.
Mere hjælp
Har du brug for yderligere hjælp, kan du læse Studienets vejledning til at skrive analytical essays:
Vejledning til analytical essay
Få hjælp til at skrive et analytical essay i Engelsk med Studienets trin-for-trin vejledning. Vejledningen kan både bruges til opgaver inden for fiction og non-fiction.
Du kan også læse vores gode råd til at skrive summary.
Uddrag
Nedenfor kan du læse et kort uddrag fra vores study guide til teksten:
Title
The title of Safia Moore’s short story, “That Summer”, sparks curiosity because it does not reveal much of the plot. It only suggests the events happened sometime in the past, during a summer. Reading the story shows the plot revolves around the death of Mrs Walsh, a Catholic woman living in a Protestant town in Northern Ireland, presented from the point of view of a local boy.
The title is linked to how the story begins and ends. The story begins with the phrase from the title and announces the narrator’s prediction: “That summer, I was sure someone would die” (l.1). The opening line is straightforward and foreshadows the main event of the story. The story also ends with a reference to the phrase ‘that summer’, giving the story a circular structure: “It was that summer. There were trees to climb, a stream to jump, and hours to go before teatime.” (ll. 122-123)
