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    Joint Literary Assignment: self-selected novel

    Instructions

    • Answer any three of the following questions jointly and in English.

    • It is immaterial which reading partner records the actual words on paper, but your written answers
    should reflect the responses and thought processes of both of you.

    • The total word count for all your answers combined should be no less than 300 words.

    • You will not be penalised for errors of spelling and grammar.

    • Be precise in your responses – avoid generalities, vagueness and sweeping statements.


    Substantiate all your opinions.

    • You may refer to your response journals, but these references can never take the place of an
    answer (or part thereof).

    Question 1: Title
    Discuss what both of you expected from the novel on selecting it (so before commencing your
    reading). Explain how you interpreted the title at this time (so how did it shape your expectations).
    Subsequently, discuss how each of you interpreted the title after having read the novel. How do you
    see the title as apt/appropriate (or not?). Explain either way and consider the difference in your
    interpretations and how this resulted in a different reading experience for both of you.

    Question 2: Protagonist
    Consider the protagonist of your novel. Decide whether each of you finds the protagonist of the
    novel sympathetic, or unsympathetic and explain what (specifically about the novel) influences you
    in your position. In your discussion, evaluate the moral structure of the protagonist: what virtues or
    vices is he or she seen to incline towards, and how can you see this? How do you differ in your
    opinions on this? Discuss one or two important actions in which you find her/his moral stature
    apparent (decisions that were made by the protagonist/courses of action that were taken/viewpoints
    that were exhibited in the novel).
    Question 3: Characterisation
    Discuss two or three additional characters in this novel in terms of flatness or roundness (so: does
    the character change/develop over time? Are you given an indication of their interior motivation?) .
    What purposes are served by their flat or round traits in terms of the character's contribution to this
    novel (the message) and/or the characterization of the protagonist (contrast or complementation).
    Remember to indicate how you both differ in your opinions.

    Question 4: Representation and sequence of events


    Find an event/a passage or a couple of sentences from the text that elicited a different response from
    both of you. (So, for example, one of you found the section particularly gripping/moving/complex/
    puzzling, and the other person had a different response to it). Explain which part of the text contains
    this intriguing idea or puzzling situation, explain your responses and then interpret the difference in
    your reactions.

    Question 5: Socio-cultural setting and vantage point


    Compare and contrast the cultural aspects reflected in the story and those familiar to you from your
    own backgrounds. What lesson did you learn from the story? Does the book address broader social
    issues? Does the author take a stance on, for example, anarchy versus capitalism? Aggression versus
    placation or submission? How is a particular culture or subculture portrayed? Explain. Again, focus
    on the differences in your reactions and consider how they influenced your experience of the novel
    differently.

    Question 6: Structure of the novel


    The climax of any book or story is the exciting or interesting part after which everything changes
    for the protagonist(s). Describe what you both see as the climax of this novel and why you think
    this is the climax. What changes for the characters after this event? Also: What part would either of
    you change in the story, how would you change it, and why?

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