Understanding Text Types and Discourse Features
The text is the maximum language and communication unit and must be appropriate, consistent, and cohesive. It utilizes various markers:
- Additive markers: (besides, too)
- Opposition markers: (however, in contrast)
- Consequence markers: (so, that’s why)
- Temporal markers: (Later, at another time)
- Spatial markers: (right, next to)
- Discourse organizers: (to start, to end)
- Reformulation markers:
- Explanation (i.e., that is)
- Exemplification (e.g., specifically)
- Conclusion (in fact, in short)
Textual Types
Textual types
Read MoreModern Literary Movements: Imagism, Vorticism, Modernism
Modern Literary Movements
In modern times, several movements contributed significantly to sweeping away the last remains of Victorianism in England. Ezra Pound was a key figure in this period.
Imagism
Founded in 1912, Imagism saw participation from Ezra Pound, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), and Richard Aldington in its foundation. In that year, they wrote their own manifesto. It represented a will to destroy every inch of the past that was influential at the time (pomposity, sentimentalism, etc.). There was
Read MoreKey 20th Century British and Irish Authors
Joseph Conrad
Biography
- Born in Poland as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski.
- From landowning aristocracy.
- Family went into exile when he was three.
- Sailor on French vessels.
- Arrived in Britain at the age of 21.
- Member of the British Merchant Service.
Works and Themes
- Did not use original themes for stories, but reshaped them with his own technique.
- Heart of Darkness (1902):
- Voyage up the Congo into the heart of Africa.
- Story told by Marlow.
- Received huge critical attention.
- No simple reading; requires effort
Effective Oral Communication Skills
Oral Communication and Its Techniques
Oral communication uses spoken language to transmit messages. It is used to give instructions, organize tasks, and participate in meetings.
It is very important in companies, as it helps ensure smooth operations and achieve expected objectives.
Techniques and Strategies
Location of Communication
The sender does not always choose the topic and how to communicate it. Consider the company’s objectives, the number of recipients, their knowledge of the subject, and the
Read MoreFederico García Lorca, Essay, and Literary Text Analysis
Federico García Lorca
Great poet and playwright. His topics include love, frustration, and tragic destiny. His theater is a poetic drama with a single theme: the confrontation between the individual and his environment. Works of note include the avant-garde plays, written over five years and presented to the public, and tragedies such as Blood Wedding, Yerma, and The House of Bernarda Alba.
Poetry
Lorca’s poetry is dramatic, theatrical, and tragic. The poet often expresses himself through characters,
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Vicent Andrés Estellés
Vicent Andrés Estellés emerged in the seventies, becoming one of the most significant Valencian poets since the fifteenth century and a representative voice of the post-war era. His obsessive need to classify reality with words made him a perfect chronicler of the time he lived. Estellés championed a collective civic feeling, presenting himself as a voice for the claims of a people and a language subjected to silence (well captured in Book of Wonders).
His topics (hunger,
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