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| 6 Guidelines for a Definition of Theme |
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Generalisation about life
Account for as much of story as possible
Can't be a cliché
Cannot be too general, must be careful with use of words like 'always'
Must be stated as a sentence
Cannot be contradicted by anything in the story |
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Mental
Physical
Moral
Emotional |
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| What the escapist reader wants |
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A sympathetic hero or heroine
A defined plot in which something exciting is always happening
A happy ending
A generally theme or message that affirms conventional views in the world |
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| Parts of convincing change of character. |
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Must be consistent with the individuals characterization
Must be sufficiently motivated
Story must offer sufficient time for the change to be reasonable |
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| Principles of Characterization |
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1. Must be consistent in behaviour
2. Should be properly motivated
3. Must be plausible or lifelike in beliefs and manners
4. Effective characters are well dramatized |
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| Justification for sad ending |
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forces us to ponder the complexities of life
in life... shit happen |
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| 3 Parts of Plot according to who |
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Freytag;
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action |
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| Five Criticisms I'm Doing |
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Topical
Reader Response
Psychoanalytic
Marxist
Feminist |
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| investigates how a work will reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women. Concentrates on gender roles and power and urging progress. |
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Topicality- what were the topics being talked about at the time
Stresses the relationship of literature to its historical period
Investigates relationships including elucidation of words and concepts that today’s readers may not immediately understand
Approach requires the assistance of footnotes, dictionaries, library catalogues, histories, and handbooks |
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Provided a new key to the understanding of character by claiming that behavior is caused by hidden and unconscious motives
Mostly uses Freudian psychology
Uses ideas such as the id, superego, and ego
Oedipus complex and sexual/mental repression |
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Follows a way of thinking called the material dialectic that asserts that changes in history come from conflicts based on money rather than ideologies
Typically assesses the use of money in the book as well as the financial bias of the other |
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considers readers' reactions to literature as vital to interpreting the meaning of the text
Rooted in phenomenology, a branch of philosophy that deals with the understanding of how things appear. Says a work is not complete until the reader has developed a relationshpi with it. |
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| A clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills |
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omniscient
3rd person limited
1st person
objective
dramatic
stream of consciousness |
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story will hint at (emphasis, repetition, or position)
meaning must be established and supported by entire story
the meaning must be different in kind than the literal meaning
may have more than one meaning |
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| a character that has been used so often in fiction that we recognise it immediately |
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| analyses and investigates the origins of a text |
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| 2 Things to ask when choosing reading |
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how to get the most out of a book
how to choose a book that will repay the time we spend with it |
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| read once to familiarize, read again to understand story fully and admire the craftmanship |
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| devices to create suspense |
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introduce an element of mystery
place the protagonist in a dilemma |
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| 2 ways to judge a surprise ending |
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fairness of the surprise
purpose that it serves |
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| a term for a pattern or model |
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| the work and beliefs of philosophers who believed that the focus of philosophical thought should be focused on the individual and his or her emotions, responsibilities, and thoughts |
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