Literature Period 4

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Literature Period 4

Today

We'll learn more about 'The Troubles' and the history of Ireland.

We'll learn more about the aspects of the 'setting' of a novel.

Assignment

Evaluation

Compare your notes with your neigbour's.

Class discussion

Setting

The setting is the context in which the story takes place. The three main components of the setting are the time, the place, and the social environment. Each of those components can have a major impact on the events and the mood of the story.

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For next class

Read or re-read the first 10 pages of 'Cal' .

Takes notes on setting (logbook).

Bring your logbook and the novel 'Cal' to class.

page 1-10

• Setting (place, time of the day/year, social/political/cultural environment, mood and atmosphere)
• Character(s) and their relationships
• Writing style
• Forshadowing

Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, and it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.

With your partner:

Take 20 minutes to discuss the following aspects (take notes!):

Sustain your ideas and opinions and select a quote from the story that supports it.

Assignment

(re) read the end of 'Cal' and write

The Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Character development

What are the four 4 types of character development?

Dynamic character: A character who goes through some sort of change. 

Static character: A character who does not change throughout the course of the story. 

Round character: A character who is a fully-developed figure. 

Flat character: A character who does not develop or change throughout the story.                                                                                                                     -study.com-

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Examples

Dynamic characters: Scrooge in a Christmas Carol. He changes over the course of the story. 

Round character is closely related to the dynamic character. It is a major, fluid character, who shows the capacity for change and development from the moment we meet them. Harry Potter is an example. 

Flat character is a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality. They don't undergo change to make them more well-rounded. Sherlock Holmes from The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

A static character is a type of character who experiences little to no internal change over the course of the story. Even as the plot develops, their personalities, beliefs, and characterization stay the same. Sherlock is also a static character. 

So, thinking about character development, you can identify, explain and give examples of:

• Character traits
  
• Description of appearence if relevant to the story
• Emotions: predictable or not; what sort of
• Responding to life events
• Dynamic, flat, round and/or static
• Background if important to understand the character
• Norms and values 
• And more..... 

Time to continue reading while at the same time filling in  your reading log.