Intro literature

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EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavoLeerjaar 4

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Intro

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Introduction to Literature H4

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During reading
Pay attention to:
1. the five stages of a story
2. Narrator
3. Characters
4. Setting
5. Literary language
6. Explicit and implicit meaning

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Five stages of a story
Introduction
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

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Narrator
Part of the story or not?
Tense
First, second, third person
What perspective does the narrator provide?

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Characters
Protagonist
Antagonist
Roles of other characters
Expectations 

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Setting
Where and when does the story take place?
Is there more than one context in the story?
Is the story linear or are there flash backs and flash forwards?

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Literary language
Style: simple or complex language?

Figures of speech, symbols

Tone or mood in the story 

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Meaning
Explicit meaning:
the meaning of the story as you read it on the page, the litteral meaning.
Implicit meaning:
the meaning that is implied and not stated directly, the 'message between the lines'. 

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Intro literature

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