BOOK: Royal, Jean-Philippe Baril-Guérard, Éditions Ta mère HYPOTHESIS: In the

BOOK: Royal, Jean-Philippe Baril-Guérard, Éditions Ta mère
HYPOTHESIS: In the novel Royal by author Jean-Philippe Baril-Guérard, the main character uses his intense need for control as a means of survival in all areas of his life. Your critical reflection will take the form of a literary analysis including introduction, development and conclusion.
Your literary analysis should conform to an analytical structure (2 or 3 paragraphs).
Your analysis should be at least 900 words long. Texts of less than 850 or more than 1100 words will be penalized. It is mandatory to make a link to the fashion marketing field of study. This link can be made within the analysis itself (e.g. I am studying physiotherapy and I am interested in character rehabilitation. I’m a communication major in college and I’m dealing with character incommunicability), but it can also be made in your conclusion. Write the field of study (Fashion Marketing) on your presentation page.
Grading criteria
mastery of the composition
the richness of the analysis
the structure of the text
the finesse of the link with your field of study (Fashion marketing)
the quality of the language (30%)
Must talk about: The main character’s need for control in all areas of his life: psychological, physical (training), his girlfriend, his friends, his sexual relationships, etc. Gain and loss of control, talk about the distress he feels when he doesn’t get the grade he wants and how he will regain control (what ways). Sexual practices, becoming more and more dominant.
Physical appearance is highly important to the main character.mThe characters are often described by their physical appearance, the clothes, the brands worn. The names of brands have a strong importance for the main character (e.g. Tissot, Apple Watch, Jeep Wrangler, Banana Republic, etc.).
Secondary characters are defined solely by a characteristic or their function in relation to the main character. The narrator dehumanizes the secondary characters by reducing them to caricatured characteristics or their function, pejorative names. (le fif péquiste, la provinciale sportive, cousin Fred, l’Italien du West Island, la fille de syndicaliste et le Carabin). Original instructions document in french included.