The Scheme of Literary Analysis

1. The text /play, extract/ under discussion is taken from the book/magazine Internet/ of the famous

English/American writer/playwright-драматург, journalist /N.

2. N.is a well-known author, whose books are translated into many languages. /N. is a representative of English/American romanticism/...classicism, ...drama/ofthe 19/20-th centuries. His most famous books/ stories/ are: “...”
3. The story/extract begins with the description of the scene where...
4. To my mind, the story is told from the point of view of the author /the characters, the main character/.
5. It seems to me, that the plot - сюжетis an important feature-важенof the story.

• At the beginning of the story the author describes...
• The opening scene shows...
• We first see the main character in the scene when.../ The scene is laid in-действиепроисходит...
• Then the author passes on to.../ gives a detailed description of /analysis of.../
• In conclusion the author.../The story ends with the description of...

6. No doubt, the story ends as the reader expects /Frankly speaking, it seems to me, that the story doesn’t end as the reader expects & if I were the author of the story, it would end in such away...
7. I think, the title of the story is quite appropriate- подходящее, because it reflects the main idea of it... /gives quite a definite understanding what is the story about.
8. While portraying characterizes the author both direct- прямой(the author himself characterizes personages) & indirect - косвенныйmethod of depicting characters, (the characters are characterized with their speech, actions, appearance & so on)
9. It seems to me, that the author admires - восхищается/feels sympathy to/mocks at-смеется/praises-восхваляет/ blames- стыдит/ his main character. You can see it in such lines of the story...
10. To sum it all up, I liked the story. It is very informative - содержательный& has a lot of mew words & expressions /It is very instructive - поучительный& easy to read /The language is authentic - авторский, оригинальный& the plot keeps the reader in tension - внапряженииfrom the beginning to end /I read the story with unflagging - неослабевающийinterest. /The author favors involved plots - любитзапутанныесюжеты& I was impressed with interesting treatment of the subject. – интересной трактовкой темы /I liked truthful, life-like representation of the characters & vivid description of scenery – яркое описание пейзажа, декораций./ I didn’t like the text, because it seems to me, that it lacks in action - нехватаетдинамизма& sometimes it is even boring - нудный.