Visual Reading
in a Nutshell
in a Nutshell
Golden Collection
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Books
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Books
Book-trailers
Nesho Bonchev High School - Panagyurishte, 2022
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
● Genre: Novel
● Era: The early Victorian age
● Main idea: Childhood; Social injustice in Victorian Britain
● Main characters: Oliver, Artful Dodger, Fagin
● Literary devices: Visual (what is seen); Auditory (what is heard); Olfactory (what is smelt); Gustatory (what is tasted); Tactic (what is touched)
● Watch the book trailer HERE and the ppt HERE.
● Era: The early Victorian age
● Main idea: Childhood; Social injustice in Victorian Britain
● Main characters: Oliver, Artful Dodger, Fagin
● Literary devices: Visual (what is seen); Auditory (what is heard); Olfactory (what is smelt); Gustatory (what is tasted); Tactic (what is touched)
● Watch the book trailer HERE and the ppt HERE.
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
● Genre: Novel
● Era: 19th century, America
● Main idea: The book is based on the actual legal practice of the Puritan legal system in New England.
● Main characters: Hester Prynne
● Literary devices: Symbols – sth. (an object, action, colour, sign etc.) is used to represent sth more (an idea, a person, a relationship)
● Watch the book trailer HERE.
● Era: 19th century, America
● Main idea: The book is based on the actual legal practice of the Puritan legal system in New England.
● Main characters: Hester Prynne
● Literary devices: Symbols – sth. (an object, action, colour, sign etc.) is used to represent sth more (an idea, a person, a relationship)
● Watch the book trailer HERE.
Of Mice and Men
Jonh Steinbeck
OF MICE AND MEN John Steinbeck
● Genre: Novella (a short novel)
● Era: 20th c America
● Main idea: Friendship and Loneliness
● Main characters: George Milton and Lenny Small;
Carlson and Candy
● Literary devices: Foreshadowing – the use of clues to provide insight; an unavoidable ending
● Watch the book trailer HERE.
● Era: 20th c America
● Main idea: Friendship and Loneliness
● Main characters: George Milton and Lenny Small;
Carlson and Candy
● Literary devices: Foreshadowing – the use of clues to provide insight; an unavoidable ending
● Watch the book trailer HERE.
The Passion, Jeanette Winterson
● Genre: Historical fiction
● Era: The beginning of the 19th century – The French Emperor Napoleon is preparing to invade England;
The Victorian women lit
● Main idea: The novel reveals a much darker side of love. It also shows that not every love story ends with a happy ending.
● Main characters: Henri and Villanell
● Literary devices: Similes – make a comparison using the words as & like; than, as if/though…
Metaphors – much stronger comparison without the words like/as.; Stereotypes – a set idea or fixed image people have about other people or things.
● Watch the book trailer HERE.
● Era: The beginning of the 19th century – The French Emperor Napoleon is preparing to invade England;
The Victorian women lit
● Main idea: The novel reveals a much darker side of love. It also shows that not every love story ends with a happy ending.
● Main characters: Henri and Villanell
● Literary devices: Similes – make a comparison using the words as & like; than, as if/though…
Metaphors – much stronger comparison without the words like/as.; Stereotypes – a set idea or fixed image people have about other people or things.
● Watch the book trailer HERE.