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Literature requirements for 4VWO,
Vitus college, G. Backx
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In this lesson
you will learn about the various elements that are important when reading literature
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The Elements are:
Characters, narrator and PoV (Reader p. 129 - 134)
Context, setting (Reader p. 135 - 138)
Theme (Reader p. 138 - 25)
Plus a few more suggestions
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1: the characters
*Main character, round character, flat character,
protagonist, antagonist and
* Character development; does the character change?
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1a the narrator
Whose voice are we listening to?
Example: Ozymandias by Percy Byssche Shelley
Writer (author), first person narrator, 3rd person narrator, omniscient narrator
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1b: the narrator's point of view
An omniscient narrator doesn't experience the plot of the story. a first person narrator all the more. How does the narrator of the book you are reading experience the plot?
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2: setting
The When and the Where of the story. "The failure to create an atmosphere, to establish a sense of where or when the story takes place, will leave readers bored or confused." Examples
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3: theme; what is it?
• The main idea behind a literary work; the message in the story.
• What the work is about
• What the main character learns
• Example of themes-Social Inequality, good and evil, racism,bravery
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Genres
But there are more...
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Then:
be able to explain the title to us
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Conflict
Every story reveals a conflict; be aware of this and indicate which kind of conflict you are dealing with. It is a struggle between opposing forces; usually characters
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Other types of conflict
Human vs human (external)
Human vs nature (external)
Human vs society (external)
Human vs him/herself (internal)
Human vs circumstances (fate)
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Symbolism, figurative language
Including literary devices; The stuff that makes literature interesting, intriguing, meaningful, sassy
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Find information on these literary devices, visuals (1):
1) simile
2) metaphor
3) personification
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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Figurative Language, sounds (2)
Alliterration and other forms of rhyme (poetry)
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
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Figurative language, words and concepts (3)
* Hyperbole *Allegory *Irony *Allusion * Pun
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Plot
The STRUCTURE of a story; consists of the RELATED series of EVENTS that make up a story. Parts of the plot are: 1)Exposition, 2)Rising action, 3)Climax, 4)Falling action, 5)Resolution
