Analysis

Guide for the analysis of the story Lullaby by Leslie Silko:
1. Silko’s biography and works. Her “people”.
2. Background: Cultural and social conditions of “native Americans” in USA.Reflection of this situation in Lullaby.
3. American Indians and their searching for identity as seen in Lullaby.
4. Characters: Ayah, Chato. (behaviour, conflicts) Jimmy, Danny and Ella (as symbolsin the story)
5. American Indian traditions as presented in the story.
6. Theme(s) in the story.
7. Significance of the song.
8. The environment in the story (place, time, atmosphere)9. Style
10. The history of the American Indians in USA. (The Native Americans in the 1960’s)
11. Narrator – narration
12. Historical perspective, sociological perspective,psychological perspective, semiotic perspective, structuralist perspective, biographical perspective, mythical perspective, etc.

Guide for the analysis of the story Barn Burning by William Faulkner:
1.On Colonel Sartoris Snopes, explain:
a. his relation with his father, his mother and brother
b. his conflict(s)
c. the significance his name had for him
2. On Abner Snopes,explain:
d. his behaviour in front of his wife and his children
e. his conflict(s) and psychological problem
f. his social situation and his reaction to it
g. the influencethe American Civil War and Colonel Sartoris had on him
h. the significance of his last name in the Southern society
i. his problem with Major de Spain and his rug
3. On the placeexplain:
j. the place where the action takes place (Yoknapathawpha and the place
where the trials took place)
k. the racial and social problems, and the women situation in theSouthern
society
4. On the plot explain:
l. the plot structure
m. the narrator
n. the narrative technique(s)
o. the meaning of the italics
5. What is the...