DUBLINERS

By the end of this unit, students will be able to: identify prominent themes in the text and explain how these themes are developed; explain how the author establishes motifs and what these motifs contribute to thematic development; analyze the differences between first-person narratives and third-person narratives and explain how each narrative mode affects the text; explain how allusions function in the text; analyze irony in the text and explain how irony affects the text; examine the historical and political contexts in which the text was written and explain how these affect the meaning of the work as a whole; analyze textual elements to determine tone and explain how tone affects a text; and analyze various symbols in the text. 93 pages. ©2012.