The document discusses analyzing the first chapter of the novel "Enduring Love". It suggests examining the chapter's language, structure, and form to understand what they indicate about the narrative. Students are instructed to pay attention to voices, scenes, time/sequence, characters, and point of view. They are given a homework assignment to write an analysis of chapter 1 evaluating its language, structure, and form.

1. Enduring Love
The title of a piece of literature is incredibly
important and significant.
Think back to the Tennyson poems – all were
named after their protagonists.
What does the title of this novel suggest?
What can we interpret about the narrative?

2. Examine the 4 quotations you have
• What do they suggest about the narrative?
• What words are significant or indicative
towards the content of the narrative?
• Why?

3. 24 chapters & Appendix
• It is important that you keep a
reference/record of the main events in
each chapter to help you with your
revision.
• I would suggest using a whole double
page and drawing a 5x5 grid – giving you
25 boxes.

4. The Opening Chapter
• Language – what’s distinctive about it?
What does it indicate? What does it tell
us about the story/narrative?
• Voices
• Structure – how is it put together/order of • Scenes and places
information? Time? Sequence? • Time and
Sentence structure? sequence
• Characters and
characterisation
• Form – what’s the effect of this chapter? • Destination
How does it relate to the narrative? • Point of view

5. Homework, due Tuesday 27th
November:
• Write about the methods that McEwan uses
to tell the story in chapter 1.
• Analyse/evaluate language, structure, form.
• Look back over your Tennyson essays and see
what you have done well there.