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ers – with their outfits colourfully and vividly described in minute detail. The description of the slot machines as “blinking-flashing-sparkling” adds to the ambience of hectic yet colourful hustle and bustle. However, as this descriptive passage occurs within a narration, i.e. a novel, it is important only in so far as it contributes to the main purpose of the narrative. n Aufgabe 3 A writer may undertake to give objective and specific information on any conceivable subject, by making a direct appeal to the intelligence of the reader without necessarily attempting to win over the reader to his point of view. Franklin Fearing’s text is an example of expository prose beginning medias in res by stating that film is comparable to the folk tale, classic drama and story-telling etc. (ll. 1–2). In an objective way, it deals with the effects of watching movies on the individual. The author explains that each individual gets an unique impression of a film because of his social background, his attitudes and values as well as his experiences, influence the reception of a film or movie. With regard to the question, such an explanation is proof of the explanatory character of the text itself. In addition, the author makes his position understandable by including the movie in the enumeration of wellresearched media such as the folk tale, classic drama and other popular media. Furthermore, when talking about a “need for meaningful experience” (l. 7), he not only specifies this need within the same sentence, but also defines the word “need” itself (l. 7). Continuous explanations appear at the end of this excerpt, when Franklin Fearing adds the psychological aspects of what he has exposed so far (ll. 27–35). And finally, he makes his position understandable. At the end, Fearing underlines the importance of his statement, that the perception of any media has a psychological – and thus individual – effect upon its perception by every reader, who himself can be defined as a mixture of himself, his social role and the values of his group. n Aufgabe 4 The writer’s goal may be to convince the reader of the soundness of some particular theory or viewpoint held by him or simply give the reader his personal view of a problem without trying to persuade him/her at all. Gardner and Levy’s text is an example of argumentative prose. The writer begins by simply stating that the conception of a brand is of importance to the customer. To prove this statement, he talks about qualitative research and its results (ll. 4–10). Continuing, the authors argue that people do not act rationally upon buying or consuming a product, but also rely on emotional aspects. To support this argument, the authors refer to Lösungen Kapitel 3 scientific surveys and the result of blindfold tests. To further prove the correctness of their arguments and thus to convince the reader, the authors add the fact that there is no scientific proof of a certain product’s superiority (ll. 33–34: “blindfold tests try to find an otherwise indiscernible superiority …”) – which in itself is the proof that Gardner and Levy’s text is a piece of argumentative prose. n Aufgabe 5 Whereas user’s manuals, operating instructions, advice columns and recipes are to be easily recognized as instructive texts, other texts – of which Adams’ “The True Epic of America” is an example – can also be called instructive prose. This excerpt is an instruction on how the American people can live a better life: what constitutes greatness in a person or a people is that he or they in all kinds of different situations do not act out of selfishness and envy, but out of a pure urge in acting wise and morally correct. The author further explains the different aspects of his thesis saying that in order to really make the American dream come true, the “communal, spiritual and intellectual life must be distinctly higher than elsewhere” (ll. 3–5); he argues that only unselfish people have no need to struggle against one another, thus being able to overcome class differences and achieve a better life for themselves. On top of that, Adams also states: “We cannot become a great democracy by giving ourselves up as individuals to selfishness, physical comfort, and cheap amusement” (ll. 14–16), adding to this statement by giving practical advice. In his opinion, a need to share is the clue to a better society (ll. 16–19). By mentioning Abraham Lincoln as one of the important fathers of modern America, as an example of an exemplary, ideal personality, Adams’ text can thus be called an example of instructive prose. n Aufgabe 6 A writer may tell others what to do or how to behave. This is known as the instructive text type. The writer can use instruction either from an objective point of view, like in directions, rules or regulations or from a subjective point of view, as in sermons, personal letters or advertisements. The article is an advertisement printed in TIME magazine. As an advertisement, it belongs to the instructive text type. However, the whole text is not just made up of instruction. Explicit instruction occurs only at the very end of the text. Like a moral bottom-line, the words “Celebrate Humanity” appear in bold letters. The bulk of the text is taken up by narration. It tells the story of former Italian bobsled driver Eugenio Monti and his selfless act of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. 159 Lösungen
Anhang 180 Übersicht der behandelten Texte Literarische Primärtexte Adams, James Truslow: The Epic of America 41 Alberoni, Francesco: Stardom And Charisma 64 Arnold, Matthew: East London 18 Atwood, Margaret: Happy Endings 146 Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness 80 Faulkner, William: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 44 Fearing, Franklin: Significance to the Individual 39 Gardner, Burleigh B. / Levy, Sidney: The Product And the Brand 40 Hemingway, Ernest: The Old Man And the Sea 36, 75 Hughes, Langston: Thank You, M’am 143 Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World 87 Hynd, Noel: A Room for the Dead 82 Joyce, James: Eveline 84 King, Martin Luther: I Have a Dream 54 Koontz, Dean: The Door to December 37 Mansfield, Katherine: The Garden Party 86 Maugham, William Somerset: A Writer’s Notebook 13 McKinnon, Taylor: Delicate Art of Boundaries 151 Paxman, Jeremy: The English. A Portrait of a People 13 Shaffer, Peter: Amadeus 153 Shakespeare, William: Sonnet 18 69 Shaw, George Bernhard: Pygmalion 73 Shepard, Sam: True West 73 Stoker, Bram: Dracula 10
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