War

Atonement (Ian McEwan)

Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2001 Pages: 335 Goodreads: Atonement     “Revolving around the search for identity and overcoming guilt divided into three periods, including World […]

Identity

The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)

The Nickel Boys Author: Colson Whitehead Project: Identity – Racial Identity List: Recent Prize Winner (Pulitzer Prize 2020) Year of publication: 2019 Pages: 212 Goodreads: The Nickel Boys        

Open Option

Possession (A.S. Byatt)

Possession Author: A.S. Byatt Label: Open Option Year of publication: 1990 Pages: 555 Goodreads: Possession     “Two parallel stories, one of artists and one of academic researchers unified by romance. With poetry, letters, diary […]

Theory

Style, tone and mood

Style, tone and mood have to do with the way the writer uses language to convey his story. Style Sentence length, structure and arrangement, paragraphs, word choice, word order all determine the style of a […]

Theory

Flashback & Foreshadowing

References to the past and hints to the future are called flashbacks and foreshadowing. Flashback Flashbacks are used by the writer to refer to past events to give context or provide background information. It connects […]

Theory

Irony

Irony is a contrast between appearance and reality. It is divided into three forms: verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony. Verbal irony The most common form of irony is verbal irony: saying something but […]