Task F - Grammatical parallelism
Our analysis of Lawrence Passage
The Lawrence passage has relatively simple parallelism, closer in type
to Steinbeck than Austen. For example:
Under her old-fashioned lace cap, under her silver hair . . . (S10)
is pretty simple (two 'under' prepositional phrases, with complement
noun phrases consisting of 'her' + one or more pre-modifiers + a head
noun referring to the top of Granny's head. The 'parallel meaning' interpretation
applies, and, unlike the Austen, its relation to overall interpretation
is not very significant.
Similar remarks can be made about the parallelism at the end of the passage:
. . . from seventy to eighty, and from eighty on the new lap, towards
ninety . . .
With respect to parallelism, then, the Lawrence passage is more like
the Steinbeck passage than the Austen one. The parallelism is fairly simple,
is not used for irony, and so, as a consequence, is not being used as
a particularly significant aspect of the passage's overall meaning and
effect.
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