ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture 1: Lecture1
23 Jun 2018
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English Exam Review
Elements of Fiction
Fact and Fiction
Not opposite, constantly interacting and mutually productive
Fiction adopts facts, gives it culture life – makes it open to perception and thought – it is a mode of representation
What does Fiction do?
“Fracture truth in a meaningful and purposeful way”
Able to manipulate how we come to understand the content – through language and representation
Fiction offers us with pleasure (an escape from reality) and understanding (aid in our return to life)
Plot
The movement of a story, temporal organization of events, how time is organized
Look for
oBeginnings/endings
oStages and turning points
oCharacter changes
oObstacles to movement, productive tension
oMarginal details
oCharacter
Agents of stories, not all stories have characters
No character is a real person – you’re analysing a representation of personhood
Look for
oDefining markers of characters such as – psychology, personality, function & social classification
oScale of individuation to typification – uniqueness or not? Representing a larger category?
oTheme
What does the story speak to or is thinking about?
Look for:
oHow does it push you to think beyond that? Broader implications?
oHow does the story’s unfamiliarity of a particular thing still allow for reader to relate to it
oHow does the story’s familiar parts give readers a way to new concerns/unfamiliar ideas
oPerspective
Subjective orientation of the story
The way the story shapes the reader’s access to the information
Look for:
oTypes of voice – 1st(I, me), 2nd (you, yourself), 3rd (she/he)
oCombinations?
oDesign
Fiction’s arrangement and deployment of various elements
Look for:
oJuxtaposition – different elements put in close proximity to each other, creating a formal relationship,
emphasizing – similarity/differences/both
oRepetition of elements to highlight a particular theme/idea/object
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Document Summary
Not opposite, constantly interacting and mutually productive. Fracture truth in a meaningful and purposeful way . Fiction adopts facts, gives it culture life makes it open to perception and thought it is a mode of representation. Able to manipulate how we come to understand the content through language and representation. Fiction offers us with pleasure (an escape from reality) and understanding (aid in our return to life) The movement of a story, temporal organization of events, how time is organized. Look for: beginnings/endings, stages and turning points, character changes, character, obstacles to movement, productive tension, marginal details. Agents of stories, not all stories have characters. No character is a real person you"re analysing a representation of personhood. Broader implications: how does the story"s unfamiliarity of a particular thing still allow for reader to relate to it, how does the story"s familiar parts give readers a way to new concerns/unfamiliar ideas, perspective.
