Plan for the analysis of a work of art

In most cases, starting from the 8th grade, at the literature lessons in the study of a large and significant work, students are asked to write an analysis for a novel, novel, play or even a poem. In order to correctly write an analysis and take out of it something useful for yourself, you need to know how to properly draw up an analysis plan. In this article, we will talk about how to properly draw up a plan, and we will disassemble according to this plan the poem "The Sea", written by Zhukovsky.

History of creation of the work

The history of the creation of the work is an important part in the analysis, therefore we begin the plan of analysis precisely from this. At this point, we will have to indicate when the work was written, that is, started and completed (year and, if known, then dates). Next, you need to find out exactly how the author worked on this work, in what place, at what time of his life. This is a very important part of the analysis.

The direction of the work, its genus and genre

This point is more like an analysis of the work. The plan for the analysis of a work of art must necessarily consist of a definition of the direction, genus and genre of the work.

In total, 3 directions are singled out in literature: classicism, romanticism and realism. It is necessary to read the work and determine to which of them it relates (there may even be two directions).

The analysis plan also consists of the definition of the genus of the work. In total, there are 3 kinds of works: epic, lyric and drama. Epos is a story about a hero or a narrative about events that do not concern the author. Lyrics - is the transmission through the artistic work of high feelings. Drama is all works, constructed in a dialogical form.

The genre of the work is not necessary to determine, because at the beginning of the work itself it is indicated. There are a lot of them, but the most popular are a novel, a story, a story, a fairy tale, an epic, etc.

Theme and problems of a literary work

The plan for drawing up the analysis of the work can not be dispensed with without such important features in the work as its subjects and problems. The theme of the work is what the work says. Here you must describe the main themes of the work. The problem is based on the definition of the main problem.

Pathos and Idea

The idea is the definition of the main idea of the work, that is, for what it was, in fact, written. In addition to what the author wanted to say with his work, it should be noted how he treats his heroes. Pathos - this is the main emotional mood of the author himself, which should be traced throughout the work. It is necessary to write, with what emotions the author describes those or other events, heroes, their actions.

The main characters

The plan for the analysis of the work also includes a description of the main characters. We need to say a little bit about minor characters, but at the same time describe in detail the main ones. Character, behavior, author's attitude, the significance of each hero - this is something that must necessarily say.

In the poem you need to describe the lyric hero.

The plot and composition of a work of art

With the plot it's very simple: you need only briefly, in only a few sentences to describe the main main and key events that occurred in the work.

Composition is how the work itself is constructed. It includes the start (actions), the development of actions (when the main events begin to increase), the culmination (the most interesting part in any story or novel, the highest tension of action occurs), the denouement (the end of the action).

Artistic originality

It is necessary to describe the properties of a work, its unique features, features, that is, what distinguishes it from another. There are some characteristics of the author when writing.

Significance

The plan for analyzing any work must end with a description of its meaning, as well as the attitude of the reader to him. Here it is necessary to say how it affected the society, what has come to people, whether you like the reader, what did you yourself take out of it. The meaning of the work is like a small conclusion at the end of the plan.

Features of the analysis of the poem

For lyric poems, in addition to all of the above, you need to write their poetic size, determine the number of stanzas, as well as the features of rhyme.

An analysis of the poem "The Sea" by Zhukovsky

In order to fix the material and remember how the analysis of the work is done, we will write an analysis of the poem by Zhukovsky according to the plan given above.

1. This poem was written by Zhukovsky in 1822. The poem "The Sea" was first published in a collection called "Northern Flowers for 1829".
2. The poem is written in the spirit of early romanticism. It is worth noting that many of Vasily Zhukovsky's works were sustained in this spirit. The author himself believed that this direction is the most attractive and exciting. The work belongs to the lyrics. This poem belongs to the genre of elegies.
3. In this poem, Vasily Zhukovsky describes not only the sea, but created a real landscape of the soul, bright and incriminating. But the importance of the poem is not only that the writer created a real psychological landscape and expressed the feelings and sensations of a person in describing the sea. A real feature of the poem is that the sea becomes for the person, for the reader a living soul and a real hero of the work.
4. The work consists of 3 parts. The first part is introductory, the largest in volume and informative. It can be called "Silent Sea", because Zhukovsky himself so calls the sea in this part of the poem. Then follows the second part, which is characterized by violent emotions and is called the "Storm". The third part hardly begins, as the poem ends - it's "Peace."
5. The artistic originality of the poem is manifested in a large number of epithets (a bright sky, dark clouds, hostile darkness, etc.)
6. This poem did not go unnoticed in Russian poetry. Following this author and other poets began to paint in their poems a picture of the sea.

Analysis of the poem "Sea" according to the plan of this analysis will help to easily and quickly disassemble the work of art.