Intro literature

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Intro

Introduction to Literature H4

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

Five stages of a story

Introduction

Rising action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Narrator

Part of the story or not?

Tense

First, second, third person

What perspective does the narrator provide?

Characters

Protagonist

Antagonist

Roles of other characters

Expectations 

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?

Literary language

Style: simple or complex language?

Figures of speech, symbols

Tone or mood in the story 

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'. 

Intro literature