Lesson 22 - April 28th, 2025. David Lodge's Metaphor and Metonymy in Nice Work
STEP 1
Extract from D. Lodge's Nice Work, Penguin Books, 1988, pp.220-222
Translation_Metaphor and Metonymy
STEP 2
Shortly summarise the content of the extract
(denotative analysis)
STEP 3
CONNOTATIVE ANALYSIS
- Narrator
- Structure
- Semantics
- Syntax
- Figures of speech
- Point/s of view
- Style and Tone
- Other
STEP 4
- Who do you think the ideal reader/s is/are?
- What is the overall effect? How is it made up? Which of the elements above all play the most important role?
- Who do you think the narrator sides with?
STEP 5
More about metaphor and metonymy
STEP 6