EN119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hobbit, Sept, Signify
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Quiz: open sept 20th 9pm sunday 5pm. 11th bonus quiz at end of term (if higher than lowest quiz marks will replace that mark) Genre: fantasy formal definition formal features: plot, character, motif/theme/symbol, perspective (w/ focalization) Fantasy consists of myth-based or myth-like tales, set entirely or in part in a secondary world, somewhat familiar, but featuring magic and/or the fantastic and addressing primarily archetypal figures, locations & plot structure. Fantasy, though it includes a wide variety of characters, themes, devices, and foundational premise, is always characterized by a primary tone of wonder : myth, secondary world, the familiar & the fantastic, wonder (tone) Motif: an image, object, phrase, or reference which repeats or recurs conspicuously within a text: treasure, recurring image throughout the text, treasure stash with the trolls, arkenstone, dwarves treasure, the ring. Theme: a general concept, topic, or idea which runs throughout a text. Often, bound up with the meaning of the text.
