ENGL 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Tobias Wolff
28 Mar 2018
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Plot: the plot in a dramatic or narrative work is constituted by its events and actions, rendered and ordered to work toward achieving particular artistic and emotional effects. The descriptions simple because the actions are performed by particular characters in a work and are means by which they exhibit their moral and dispositional qualities. Setting: the general locale, historical time and social circumstances in which its action occurs; the setting of a single episode or scene within the work is the particular physical location in which it takes place. 2 part story --> second part makes a quick turn. Silver linings: even though he is about to die, thinking about a childhood memory at the moment before that is beautiful. Childhood flashback: going back to a time of innocence, a critic who usually finds fault in things finds beauty in it. Critic is his profession, takes texts and evaluates them and typically finds faults within them.
