Analysis Sheet Example

A analysis sheet is a didactic resource that is used to organize and analytically compile a set of data about a work and its author. Most of the time it is used to analyze works of a literary nature and, although its content may vary slightly, in general It must have the title of the work, its author, the historical context, the structure, form of expression, the type of language and the vocabulary. Likewise, the literary genre to which the work belongs, its literary species, theme, characters, time and space, as well as conclusions, a critical appraisal and the bibliography used.

Analysis sheet example:

Title of the work: The Lost Honor

Author: Juan Carlos Vázquez

1.2.1 Biography:

Vázquez was born in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, on February 5, 1894. From a very young age he feels a great fascination for literature. He attends basic studies in his native city, until he moves to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There he would begin his literary work and his teaching career. At 22 he published his first novel, which would be followed by 10 more. In 1945 he founded and directs the Argentine Magazine of Comparative Literature. He dies at the age of 79 in his hometown, after battling a degenerative disease.

1.2.2 Literary production: The lost honor (1916), The silk routes (1918), Argentine popular songbook (1922), Sensations and landscapes (1930), Songbook Bolivian popular (1933), Cochabamba and La Paz (1941), Jesus' reasons (1944), Inca ruins (1950), The sea (1952), Moralejas (1957), Musical noise (1968).

1.3 Social Historical Context: Vázquez is one of the most popular Latin American authors within the indigenous genre. Through his work, the author shows us the characteristics and values ​​of the indigenous people of the southern cone. Many of his works have as main characters indigenous people who confront the fierce Spanish colonial system or contemporary abuses. Without a doubt, his work was strongly influenced by his political and educational activities.

General data.

2.1 Structure: This novel is divided into 12 chapters and 230 pages.

2.2 Form of expression: Objective

2.3 Type of Language: Informal

2.4 Vocabulary
Acsu: colorful garment used by indigenous women.
Acullicu: bolus resulting from the mixture of coca with saliva.
Tied: package carried by people in the field.
Shape Analysis:

3.1 Literary genre: Latin American narrative

3.2 Literary species: Indigenist novel

3.3 Topic: Indigenous rebellions during the colony in the southern cone.

3.4 Characters:

3.4.1: Main: Alwa, Fray Gerónimo de Tolosa, Aruma and Illa.

3.4.2: Secondary: Rodrigo de Menieta, Francisco de Xavier, Titi, Ururi.

3.5 Time: 17th century

3.6 Space: Cerro de Oro

3.7 Plot: The story takes place in the town of Santa Cruz de la Sierra where Alwa, a young llama herder, lives happily with his parents and siblings. However, a ruthless landowner in the region named Rodrigo de Menieta threatens his family with taking away everything he has. For this reason, the protagonist manages to organize together with two friends, Aruma and Illa, an indigenous rebellion against the landowner.

History therefore shows the difficulties that indigenous people have to overcome in order to obtain their objectives, especially because they also have against an influential religious named Fray Gerónimo de Tolosa. Likewise, we are shown the betrayal that some indigenous people commit against Alwa and the support of a rich but noble Spanish.

3.8 Values: the work addresses companionship but also envy, greed and hatred within a society divided for different reasons

Content Analysis:

The text tries to show how an indigenous rebellion took place in a place dominated by landowners and exploiters, leaving us as a teaching that the fight for noble ends always has its reward.

Conclusions:

It is a work with a strong indigenous content that therefore seeks to rescue the strength and spirit of the communities indigenous peoples of Bolivia, demonstrating that they live in harmony with nature and under a just social system and egalitarian

The honor lost. Great Bolivian Literature Library. Future. Editorial Castillo, 2003.