The most interesting point you made in your presentation was the way that Golding used the language of his writing to differentiate between good and evil. His use of transitive clauses when talking about the Homosapiens and intransitive clauses when talking about the Neaderthals was an impressive detail to pick out of the novel. Other than the obvious semantic ways that the author separates these two groups, you looked at the way Golding used syntax and sentence structure to add to this separation.
I've never read any works from this author so I couldn't even begin to answer this question I have, but what if there was an even deeper theme than good vs. evil in this novel? I find it peculiar that the group portrayed as evil is the more advanced, more technological group. Perhaps Golding is trying to make a statement on technological advances of his time period. This would take more research into Golding's writing and background to answer but your presentation made me a little curious about it.
The most interesting point you made in your presentation was the way that Golding used the language of his writing to differentiate between good and evil. His use of transitive clauses when talking about the Homosapiens and intransitive clauses when talking about the Neaderthals was an impressive detail to pick out of the novel. Other than the obvious semantic ways that the author separates these two groups, you looked at the way Golding used syntax and sentence structure to add to this separation.
ReplyDeleteI've never read any works from this author so I couldn't even begin to answer this question I have, but what if there was an even deeper theme than good vs. evil in this novel? I find it peculiar that the group portrayed as evil is the more advanced, more technological group. Perhaps Golding is trying to make a statement on technological advances of his time period. This would take more research into Golding's writing and background to answer but your presentation made me a little curious about it.