Ideas about the world

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Theme

• Ideas about the world

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1. Theme

• Meaning The general idea about life that is
  revealed in the text.
• What does the work "mean"?
• The lesson to be learned
• Does it say something about life, death, love,
  happiness..?
• A theme of a love story might be love can
  conquer any obstacle.
• A theme of a story about suffering might be hard
  work pays off.

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2. Universal Themes

• Meaning Themes that can be found in stories in
  any culture, place or period.
• Example
• Be kind to others if you want them to be kind to
  you.
• Common Themes Found Throughout Literature
• A theme is a recurrent idea with a certain amount
  of universality.

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3. Literary themes

• Meaning Statements that a piece of writing makes
  about a subject.
• We study the main ideas of stories, and compare
  them to other works through history to discover
  what writers have to say about life, death,
  loneliness, sadness, hope, and other themes
  related to society, human nature, and beyond.
• In literature, a theme is a broad idea in a
  story, or a message or lesson conveyed by a work.
  Themes are usually implied rather than explicitly
  stated.

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4. Implied Message

• Meaning The writer provides clues to the theme
  in the words and experiences of the characters,
  in the events and setting of the story, and in
  significant objects that represent ideas or
  people.
• Example If a person in the story comes to accept
  and love an heirloom, the theme might be an
  insight into the relationships between
  generations.

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6. Genres

• Meaning Genres are different forms of texts.
• Types of Genres
• Drama
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Non-fiction