To summarize a story or a poem, one takes the entire written piece and condenses it to a short description of what the long version is. You don't quite get all the details that you would in the original piece of literature, but you do get the main ideas of what is written. In an analysis, one actually takes a deeper look at the written piece. You take a look at specific parts in a different context than what you seem to think is what is intended. Often times, what is written has a deeper meaning, and it takes analyzing the written text to discover what it could all possibly mean. I like to think of these two different approaches as sitting through a church service. Most often, a Bible verse will be read, a Bible verse, is a story, but a true story that is being written down, so it is a summary of the past. And from there the pastor will analyze what was written in the text that was read. And with as many different beliefs there are and the different languages, each person is going to analyze the same text in a different manner. I have attached a good link that I use when deciphering when I have to summarize and when I must analyze something.
http://www.westga.edu/~mhenry/summary%20vs%20analysis.htm
Hi Christina. I liked your description of summary vs analysis because it was simple and to the point. There's no time to get lost in the details. I also liked the example the you used. I wonder how many ministers, priest and rabbis have lost their congregation in the "analysis"?
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Michael Crabb
Christina,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your description of summary vs analysis. You took it to a whole another level with the bible analogy. I never really thought of it that way, and it's very true after any reading, someone will take it into their own perspective and take in some and throw out the rest. That is a different way to look at analysis and i enjoyed it. :)
thanks for sharing!
Sierra