EN 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oral Literature, Conditionality, Magic Realism
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Lecture #8 fiction 1: intro to fiction// fables (aesop) & creation stories (genesis 1); Sky woman// short fiction: twice told tales (poe); a very old man (marquez) Origin stories: a slave in ancient greece, create standards of life for its who wrote short stories/ Mouse: these fables offer morals to the reader, use fiction to tell the truth readers. Genesis: explanatory functions for particular communities, presents truth claims in a very specific way, each audience understands a different way, a short narrative that exemplifies an abstract moral thesis or principle of human. Plot: 1) story: chronological order of events of the narrative, 2) plot: authors manipulation of these events. Second you woke up : 3. third she woke up . Omniscient- as if god is telling the story, knows everything. Unreliable- the vice of the narrator is the only truthful . Brief written and/or oral narratives (orature) have been importance components of culture for millennials.
