Literature for 4 VWO

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Literature requirements for 4VWO,

Vitus college, G. Backx 

In this lesson 

you will learn about the various elements that are important when reading literature

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

1: the characters 

*Main character, round character, flat character, 

protagonist, antagonist and

* Character development; does the character change? 

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

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? 

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

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

                                     Genres

But there are more...

Then: 

be able to explain the title to us

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

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) 

Symbolism, figurative language

Including literary devices; The stuff that makes literature interesting, intriguing, meaningful, sassy 

Find information on these literary devices, visuals (1): 

1) simile

2) metaphor

3) personification

ONOMATOPOEIA

Figurative Language, sounds (2)

Alliterration and other forms of rhyme (poetry)

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Figurative language, words and concepts (3)

* Hyperbole *Allegory *Irony *Allusion * Pun

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