1. Representation and Text
History and Memory
‘How to answer the
Module AND Elective’

2. How to address the Elective – History and Memory
THESIS STATEMENTS
History is really a collection of individual memory
Memory is fragile and can be easily altered by collective dominant histories.
TEXT
A collective history doesn’t account for individual memory

3. THEN…

4. How to address the Module - REPRESENTATION
TYPE/GENRE
FEATURES
PURPOSE
TECHNIQUES
PERSPECTIVE
EFFECT

5. TYPE/GENRE What is type of text? Form? Construction?
Drama Novel Song Poetry Film
Feature Article Cartoon Biography
etc….
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?

6. PURPOSE
Why has the composer created the text? What are they wanting to achieve? What is their aim?
inform educate challenge persuade
sensationalise satirise etc….
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?

7. How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
PERSPECTIVE
What is the composer’s perspective on the issue?
How are they positioning the audience towards their perspective?
What shapes their perspective?
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?

8. How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
FEATURES
What are the features of the text PARTICULAR TO ITS TYPE/FORM?
Song (lyrics, chorus, rhythm, tonality, etc)
Website (homepage, hyperlinks, navigation, interactivity, etc)
Speech (rhetoric, figurative language, high modality, etc)
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?

9. How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?
TECHNIQUES
What other techniques are being used to create meaning?
Figurative language
Rhetoric
Modality
Mood/tone
Structure
Vocabulary choices
How does this influence the ideas about the elective being conveyed?

10. EFFECT What is the effect on the audience?
What is the impact of this representation?
Overall message/idea/response
EVALUATION of the effectiveness of the representation

11. Overall REPRESENTATIONS of HISTORY AND MEMORY
History is really a collection of individual memory
Memory is fragile and can be easily altered by collective dominant histories.
TEXT
A collective history doesn’t account for individual memory