IDT1415 CW Entry 16 - Point of View (PoV) Identification + Colour Coding Activity

I think that one activity I could do with my students, after having introduced them to the theory of PoV and while imitating Jauss' approach via examples, maybe simpler ones, is using the table I created or maybe a simplified one (below) to then identify stances of PoV in a text.  For instance, a short text (taken from First Trainer Second Edition, CUP) can be seen in the image below the table. 

Jauss' Point of View
OUTSIDE: Dramatic (D)	for it imitates the conventions of drama, which does not report thoughts, only words and deeds. Narrator assumes maximum distance from characters e.g. 'the man', 'the girl'.
Richard Cohen: "There are basically two of them: first person (FP) third person (TP)	'I' 'he, she'
Burroway divides each of Cohen's two basic points of view into various types: first person divided into: ·         first-person central (FPC) ·         first-person peripheral (FPP) third person is divided into ·         omniscient (TPO) ·         limited omniscient (TPLO) ·         dramatic (TPD)	depending on whether the narrator is the main character or a secondary one depending on whether the narrator tells us the thoughts and feelings of several characters, just one character none
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE: TECHNIQUE 1 - Omniscience Limited (T1OL) Regular (T1OR)	Narrator reports the thoughts and feeling of only 1 character at least 2 and usually more characters
TECHNIQUE 2 - Indirect Interior Monologue (It involves altering the tense, transforming person from first to third) Henry James called this 'co-narrator' Indirect interior monologue is used by 3rd person narrators to (T2IIM3) 1st person narrator to (T2IIM1)	Whereas the omniscient point of view requires the narrator to translate the character's thoughts and feelings into his own language, indirect interior monologue allows him to use his character's language. 'reflector' Reflect a character's thoughts Reflect another character's thoughts Reflect their own PRIOR thoughts Reflect not only the diction of the character's thoughts but the grammar, syntax, and associational movement of those thoughts as well
INSIDE: Direct Interior Monologue (DIM) Most common in 3rd person narration but also possible in 1st person.	the character's thoughts are not just "reflected," they are presented directly, without altering person or tense.
Stream of consciousness (SoC) 'incessant, associational movement of our thoughts.'	PoV that takes reader completely inside characters, it presents those thoughts as they exist before the character's mind has "edited" them or arranged them into complete sentences Punctuation is often eschewed! 1st person PoV

Students could read it using the table as a checklist and then using different colours for each PoV as suggested. I have suggested two examples:  D/TPD - Claire held back a sigh and walked into the kitchen to put the coffee machine on. TPO - A phone call from her sister was never over quickly.  After discussing these examples with the students, I would ask them to try themselves in pairs rather than individually as I think it would be a challenging activity.

References

Jauss, D., 2000. From Long Shots to X-Rays: Distance & Point of View in Fiction Writing. [online]. Last accessed 20 March 2015 at: http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=31048.

May, P., 2012. First Trainer. Six Practice Tests with Answers. Second Edition. UK, CUP.