EN 1002 Lecture : A Christmas Carol - Aspects of Prose Fiction
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Written in prose, not verse: made up, not meant to be literal, contains descriptions as well as dialogue, setting, plot, characters, theme, style, point of view, mood emotional reaction of the characters (what they are experiencing) Imaginative as a lad who read a lot. Beginning of christmas books/ short stories and albums. Live performances (mass produced: serial fiction published weekly for over four weeks. Also an example of an illustrated fiction. Meant to be read aloud in the family circle. He is not happy and he begins to see ghosts in his dreams: begins to repress his experiences in life, psychological part in his mind in which he could act on how he should. Characters representation of people: allusions of a person in the mind of readers through the author"s words. Scrooge boy who sang christmas carol (low class) Development of characters (aspects of novel e. m. foster) Flat character do not change, if they reappear, they are still the same.
