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| Sumit,Pitamber,Kabita+Priya,*Maobadis-bad ppl |
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| the highest point of tension in plot.*Modern short stories usually construct an insightful or enlightening event/EPIPHANY vs. a dramatic X punches Y in the face and walks into the sunset. |
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| typically arises, something that complicates the stable situation. |
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| follows the climax and brings the story back to a stable state- usually not more than a paragraph in modern short story. |
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| fables(animals) and parables= stories told to teach a lesson and illustrate a MORAL |
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| Dramatic (objective) Point of View |
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| narrator reports on all what happens and what's said, but cant read minds or guess motives. EX: Hemmingways "Hills like white elephants" |
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| (Charlie) are changed by the story's action |
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| Hills Like White Elephants |
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| beginning of the plot, where the beginning passage establishes the setting, characters and fills in the background |
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| First Person Point of View |
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| A character is the Narrator of the story |
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| long narratives in verse composed and recited by pre-literate authors, later written down; EX. The odyssey and The Iliad |
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| an edited, more or less clear version of the characters thoughts, or as a STRAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
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| popular stories about characters and events that may contain elements of historic truth |
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| (Method of central intelligence, over the shoulder, 3rd person limited) the narrator sees through the eyes of every single character and can read his/her mind, but is limited to the time, place and perspective of the character. The most common type of 3rd person narration in modern short stories |
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| written down from the beginning, but imitate the form and subject of folk epics: EX the Anead |
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| supernatural narratives believed to be true by the ppl of a given culture |
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| Narrator can read all minds, can go backwards and forwards in time and can travel anywhere in the story. |
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| stories sequence of events arranged to give the story a dramatic imput |
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| main character in the story |
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| Charlie, Charlie's Dad, NYC Train station, restaurant |
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| typically follows the conflict/comlication, where the tension grows and the conflict multiplies or gets more serious. |
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| medieval tales of chivalry involving the adventures of knightly heroes. DON QUIXOTE=1st parody of a western novel to medieval romances |
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| (Charlie's father in Reunion) aren't changed by the action in the story |
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| raw, unedited presentation of the confused inner workings of a characters brain |
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| the teller of te story is NOT in the story, and can see what is happening from all sides, but is not inside anyone's brains, no insight into the brain like 1st person |
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| title for someone who narrates a story that is VERY YOUNG, MENTALLY DEFECTIVE,MORALLY OFF-CENTER |
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| have only one or 2 characteristics |
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| can seem as complex as real people. |
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| the time and place of a story. the absence of specific time and plan (an open field, two garbage cans in an ally) is as significant as a detailed description of a place--a paris bistro in the 5th arrondisement near the Seine in 1922. Some fiction is as mch about place as about ppl--Faulkners South, Sarah Orne Jewett's New England |
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| an authors characteristic level of diction, sentence structure and vocabulary |
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| may be traditional(commonly recognized like flag/cross) or incidental(an action or object that acquires significance within context of story, Pauls Case-red carnation) |
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| the overall meaning of the story. In a fable or parable, the theme is the moral of the story. In modern short story, the theme is usually more subtle, complex and elusive. |
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