How to Analyze Literature

Have a literary analysis paper coming up? This is one of the trickier types of essays for a lot of college students. Watch this video to learn a strategy for approaching literary analysis and to see an example.
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[@AshleighTrying]

This video just explained critical analysis better than my professor has this entire term.

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[@boles98]

i feel th same, Ashleigh :) My school teacher has tried to, but this video succeed. I found so much great stuff, but i had to make an essay about Romeo and Juliet. I found this on doksi dot net. It really helped me, a lot more than my prof.

[@MissMusicLover131]

Describing it with Cinderella actually really increased my understanding of what I have to look for 😂😂 thank you!!

[@misao7746]

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[@willschlueter2478]

I like most of this video, but a subtle clarification should be made: true literary analysis is about figuring out what the *author's* theme is. You don't first "pick a theme" and then find quotes to back it up. You instead use the elements of the to gradually discern the *author's* theme. If you want to write a paper called "What I got out of Cinderella", then randomly choosing a theme first is fine, but if you want to truly analyze Cinderella for what it is, the theme is the ending point, not the starting point.

[@zaamea]

What do you mean by author’s theme?

[@willschlueter2478]

@@zaamea by author's theme, I mean what the author intended for the audience to get out of the work, the central idea in *their* mind. This video makes it sound a bit like you can just find quotes in the book to back up any theme you want. 🤷‍♂️

[@skyxxteq]

This is so much clearer!! Thank you so much I don't consider myselft an analytical person. So, ofc it's terribly hard for me to try to do literary analysis. I never learned to do it in school, neither I cared to learn it on my own. I love reading for fun, but to me analyzing everything makes it boring. However, I would like to start doing it as it always keeps appearing in my life lol. Once again thank you! This is definitely a good start.

[@alexandra.v]

I'm in the same situation. AND I'm doing an English degree. It is like hell. I don't know how to analyse and I don't even care.

[@tinoala6631]

This is the BEST video that helped me with my academics!

[@green08green08green]

Thank you! This will be perfect for the analysis on my final next week!

[@TBC1599]

A really well-structured and detailed video. Thanks!

[@hugo822514]

Excellent explanation and display. Thanks a bunch for your time, work and pedagogy. I really appreciate everything done in this video.

[@shajipk8676]

this video helped me stimulating my literature senses.thanks a lot...expecting similar more videos

[@yusufauwalmuhammadzara8757]

Thank you so much! You bring me, back from understand it upsidedown

[@Aritul]

This is fantastic! I particularly liked the example in which you analyzed a football team's chance of winning (0:37).

[@justenjoyable]

very beautifully explained in a very easy and interesting way. Thanks

[@scratchthesurface9511]

I am planning to start a booktube channel. And this video definitely helps a lot! Thank you!

[@Alfamirux]

Great information. It was very useful for my class. Thanks

[@ChristopherOrtiz22]

Thank you so much I didn’t understand what I was supposed to do and you put it all in a blender and fed it to me like Gerber (baby food) :)

[@jamesshaw3850]

This is excellent explanation for English class. Thank you for posting your video from buffalo NY

[@estrellitaluv]

Thank you for sharing this, I understand much more clearly now.

[@Lily-si6uo]

Thank you! I liked the way dat u explained it😁

[@taffia4254]

omg this is so helpful! tysm this has helped me a lot!

[@ashengamage2134]

Wow wow thank you very much this video helped me a lot

[@jinan6109]

the video helped me a lot since I have a paper due by 8:00 a.m

[@worabaabban5155]

This explanation has really simplified the concept of literary analysis to me....thank you so much

[@SammyJ96]

This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@js8636]

Great job on this video! Love the editing too and the Cinderella~theme

[@v.sunithavenugopal8774]

Very good explantion with a valid example

[@animeprincess4294]

How to analyze literature: Choose Sayori, Yuri or Natsuki Delete Monika Done.

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Thank you very much, stopped and wrote the things down on my notebook, love from Kurdistan, 16:57, 07.02.2024

[@ev18e18]

Thank you 😊 That is all we want to analyze literature?

[@LolaFaraday72]

Thank you for posting this

[@ashlyperez7874]

When you say it, its easier thx😁😁

[@douatsonpaul6478]

Think you for helping me

[@laniemitchell1600]

This was for COLLAGE oof I'm in the 7th grade and i used it but it really helped this explained this better than my online teacher did.

[@katrinagarcia8645]

Thank You!

[@sanialeakristina]

Great information. Thankyouu

[@kings-Rex]

This is amazing. 5mins video and I'm a pro

[@climax7260]

Thank you, it helps

[@kyleeisreal_yt3651]

Am I the only one who's watching this video in this time of pandemic -(Online Classes)-? By the way, thank you for doing this!

[@sgt7]

I think this is a great vid. However, for me, when proposing a theme it should only be tentatively held while searching the text for evidence that proves the theme. This is because, in my own view, one must be open to evidence that might suggest another theme. Ideally, one would move back and forth between proposing a hypothesis (or theme) and looking at the evidence in the text. I will concede I have almost no training in literary analysis but from what I know this would make sense to me. Thanks.

[@peterluna593]

So you just said what she said?Because basically she said use details in the text giving those examples of imagery,character,etc and use that to support a theme.

[@Trivium1989]

You’re right, TEZ. The themes should be derivative, not imposed upon the text. Authors usually coordinate themes through design patterns. One of the easiest ways to trace a theme is to look for repetitions and patterns.

[@sgt7]

@@Trivium1989 thanks :) good tip!

[@PositiveVibes360]

how may I do textual analysis of a novel because when i do it through CDA, they reject my synopses. I want to write on women studies

[@boles98]

great video, great summary in the section of doksi.net, thank you!

[@TienHuynh5312]

thanks for the tip!

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[@esidarasun8151]

If the theme is hidden, how do you see it? How do you find the theme is dreams? And what the story is saying about it?

[@loveandlight5986]

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Whats the music used is this video?

[@kirmadi309]

clear explanation

[@alihani9547]

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[@bouzidsamah3395]

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[@Un_peu_de_tou]

I've looked your video but at school we study how to apply structuralism on a text by some theory like Greimas, Tzevetan Totorov... Can you help me please

[@HACCinfo]

Gosh, I don’t know much about those particular literary theorists-I learned about Levi-Strauss, Saussure, Barthes, and others in graduate school--but I know that structuralism relies on the reader looking at the parts that make up the whole of a text. And each theory looks at different parts. So your job is to apply one of the theories to the text you’re analyzing. For example, the link below offers this example of a question one might be asked in order to write a structuralist analysis: “What patterns exist within the text that connect it to the larger ‘human’ experience? In other words, can we connect patterns and elements within the text to other texts from other cultures to map similarities that tell us more about the common human experience? This is a liberal humanist move that assumes that since we are all human, we all share basic human commonalities.” This link covers structuralism as a form of literary analysis/criticism in general, with no specific reference to Greimas or Totorov, but I think you will be able to make the connection: owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/structuralism_and_semiotics.html Our video is meant to be a general overview -perhaps you should consult references from your school, professor, library/class textbook, etc. beyond the OWL reference I provide. I hope this helps!

[@batuhan_a_kocak]

Aren't you going in the opposite direction? You chose a theme and then analyzed the text to justify your choice. Shouldn't you analyze the text first to let the analysis lead you to a theme?

[@widadidder1574]

It so useful

[@Manvi_homestay.]

Thanks

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helpful

[@manoochehrghanbari822]

Great

[@Robin-tl6lh]

Best explanation out there but was hard to focus on what she said when looking at that beautiful girl in the video haha.. Had to start over 3 times.

[@lindaagong7265]

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[@liugavin7914]

This video saved me from failing english

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[@TwisttidWorld]

How would you go about finding the theme?

[@ca9428]

Every story has a theme, or else it wouldn't have a story---the deal is that the theme is what YOU understand to be the meaning of the story. So, you want to think about a topic that is involved in the story (e.g. money, war, fear, survival, honesty, faith, heroes, acceptance, journeys, rebellion, etc. etc.). Then you use that topic to decide what you think the story is saying about it, and that is the theme. This cool handout from HACC's Tutoring and Testing Libguide can help when you're getting stuck figuring out the theme: libguides.hacc.edu/ld.php?content_id=14849642

[@ultraferal6138]

thanks

[@Carmen88899]

I have not even started highschool, but we still do this. It`s a little boring.....

[@randomchild8682]

Ppl- They did it better than my teacher! My teacher who gave this to us scrolling through the comments *oh*

[@lakeshagadson357]

i need to work on stories novels

[@AryanLit]

effective

[@juwanb78]

so is there a right or wrong answer to the chosen theme?

[@TwisttidWorld]

+Juwan Brown If you can find enough evidence to support your idea, then it's correct. Regardless of anything else.

[@juwanb78]

Ok that answers a lot, thank you so very much

[@christianjaypresidente8225]

Question: what if your analysis differ form one another? Comments please.

[@HACCinfo]

So, yes, one person’s analysis might indeed differ from another’s since most pieces of literature have more than one theme. In addition, even if your chosen theme is the same as a classmate’s, what you think the piece of literature says about that theme (your analysis) might be different. And finally, the literary elements you use to prove that the meaning of the story is accurate might also be different from your classmates. So, yes, each person’s analysis might be different. Hope this helps!

[@ocgcg2126]

That's pretty easy to do if you read the book or whatever you're analyzing. Not everyone wants to read a 600 pages book just to end up with a theme that it's " work for what you want " 😂 It could be a really good story actually but the thing is that IT'S TOO LONG 💔💔

[@coolsmashstuff276]

How do I analyze a story with no theme?

[@ca9428]

Every story has a theme, or else it wouldn't have a story---the deal is that the theme is what YOU understand to be the meaning of the story. So, you want to think about a topic that is involved in the story (e.g. money, war, fear, survival, honesty, faith, heroes, acceptance, journeys, rebellion, etc. etc.). Then you use that topic to decide what you think the story is saying about it, and that is the theme. This cool handout from HACC's Tutoring and Testing Libguide can help when you're getting stuck figuring out the theme: libguides.hacc.edu/ld.php?content_id=14849642

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[@jonasweiss386]

I still don’t understand

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When i see all thei people thanking for this guide im wondering what were they smoking to consider this shit helpful

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Guys comment your textbook. Mine: Collections.

[@guillermorobles887]

very informative. the girl is cute

[@willow9216]

420 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO this is for my english class

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how da hell u get 3.5k subs

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I wanna analyse that student, from top to toe...

[@look007456]

you keep on believing

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We're doing this in highschool.

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Thumbnail girl cute af

[@helllocathy]

this is like 6th grade level tho.

[@AccurateMuchh]

catwang your right cause I'm in 6th grade

[@mitchtrevino]

i’m a college freshman

[@look007456]

how to analyze literature,come from china,

[@stuffstuff1854]

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this shit is goofytown

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I couldn't concentrate on a single word she said, her balding corner of her head kept my attention.

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what is the use of showing the girl ?? irrelevant :/

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That girl cute lol

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Shorty bad asl

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Man. English is the worst

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