Comic Elements < Lektüre < Englisch < Sprachen < Vorhilfe
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Wir lesen z.Zt. Changing Places von David Lodge im Englischunterricht.
Jetzt soll ich ein Referat über di "Comic elements" in diesem Roman halten, weis aber echt nicht was an dem Buch so lustig sein soll.
Hab echt keine Ahnung wie ich das ganze angehen soll.
Hats vielleicht von euch schon einer durchgenommen, oder weis wer obs da zufällig eine Begleitlektüre oder sowas dazu gibt?
Ich hoffe hier kann mir wer helfen,
Danke schonmal im voraus
Ich habe diese Frage in keinem Forum auf anderen Internetseiten gestellt.
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(Mitteilung) Reaktion unnötig  | | Datum: | 22:56 Di 22.03.2005 | | Autor: | delee |
heyho,
hab das buch leider nicht gelesen aber ich bin der meinung, dass mit diesen comic elements fictive ideen in charakteren dargestellt werden usw.
also eigenlich ist das nicht möglich und deswegen hat es was mit comiv zu tun.
verwechsel nicht comic und komisch ;)
greets lee
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(Mitteilung) Reaktion unnötig | | Datum: | 18:13 So 27.03.2005 | | Autor: | Josef |
Style:
David Lodge parted the book into six chapters: In the first called Flying the author introduces the two main characters and describes their ways to the exchange program. As the name insists, this chapter takes place in the two Boeing 707s.
The second chapter called Settling consists of how Swallow and Zapp cope with their new situation in England or the US. These two chapters are written in normal story-type in past time, but at the 3rd chapter Corresponding the style changes into letter writing. In this part of the book the reader is able to read the letters between the Zapps and the Swallows. I found this part quite funny to read, because the reader has to imagine the things happening in Euphoria and Rummidge himself and explores step by step the situation and the involved peoples emotions.
Reading the 4th chapter, also has quite an interesting style and is an increase to the chapter before: it consists of local newspaper articles read by the two professors.
The next interesting change of style is done in chapter 6 (Ending): its written like a script with attachments how to film the scenes.
Meaning/Themes:
In my opinion David Lodge criticises both the American and the British school system and the mentality of the two nationalities: whereas Zapp and Swallow are quite at the same level of intelligence, Zapp has more success in America (also shown by the example of Charles Boon) than his British counterpart. This fact is proved, when Philip Swallow who seemed to be second rate at Rummidge and didnt even have a particular area of study - also gets popular and successful at Euphoria. On the other side of the Atlantic Morris Zapp brings a lot of new things to Rummidge: he behaves quite controversial to his prude British colleagues, organizes sit-ins and starts a new style of teaching. After these changes Rummidge becomes more like Euphoria, more liberal and energetic.
On the other hand events happening in the story show, that in the US somebody is more likely to be injured or even killed (a student dies at the riots), than in England, where the riots were rather peaceful.
In his novel Lodge also deals with the problems of marriage and love. He writes much about sex and its consequences (for example the plane to England full of pregnant women going to get an abortion).
The author describes the characters with all their failures and problems, which makes someone feel familiar to them.
I found it quite funny, how the two counterparts Zapp and Swallow different but very similar get involved into the whole dilemma on both sides of the Atlantic and eventually even change their whole life including their wives - with each other.
Although Mary Makepeace and Charles Boon play a relatively small part in the novel, they are always in the readers mind. Who could forget a Catholic schoolgirl who got pregnant by a priest and then decided to go to Europe to get an abortion? In addition, she lives in Philip's house with Zapp and Hillary. And then you have Boon, his failure in England and then his success in America as a radio show host says a lot about Lodge's feelings about American and English cultures.
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(Antwort) fertig  | | Datum: | 15:48 Mo 28.03.2005 | | Autor: | Josef |
Hallo,
A very funny novel and a wonderful read, 5. September 1999
Rezensentin/Rezensent: Rezensentin/Rezensent aus Singapore
David Lodge's "Changing Places" had me in stitches. It's such a funny book. The prose is highly readable, crisply written and races along so charmingly that it's hard to put it down once you've started. Although Philip Swallow and Morris Zapp are drawn from the two contrasting cultures they symbolise, they are never allowed to degenerate into caricatures. Both are highly real and believable characters, sharing much the same human frailties. While Zapp is unashamedly direct, hollow and crass, Swallow is rather more reserved, diffident, but with the same potential though not the guts for dishonesty. It is only by "changing places" that they become themselves, albeit in a different environment. Even the behaviour of their wives change when subjected to the opposite cultural influences. Admittedly, the setting of the "exchange" in the late 60s (with all the references to student protests and pot smoking in university campuses) has tended to date the book a bit. But who cares, when you derive such enormous pleasure, laughter and fun from reading what must seem like a novel for the ages. I can see thousands reading it 50 years into the new millenium. --Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Unbekannter Einband.
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books-intl-de/0140046569/customer-reviews/ref=cm_cr_dp_1_1/028-6083827-3574152
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