This PowerPoint helps students to consider the concept of infinity.
Features of the novel
1. Features of the NOVEL
Tools of Fiction
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2. Fiction
Latin word = fingere (to imagine)
Literary genres:
Novel
Short Story
different lenght
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3. Features
1. Story and Plot
2. Setting
3. Character
4. Narrator
5. Point of View
6. Language and Style
7. Theme
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4. 1. Story and Plot
Story = description of a series of events involving
characters and settings
Plot = way in which events of a story are
organized in a narrative
One or more plots in a story
Chronological or Mixed Order (Flashback)
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5. 2. Setting
Time = When?
chronological (story)
fictional (plot)
Place = Where?
Outdoor scenery
Interiors
Social = Who?
Behaviour, Clothes of Characters
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6. 3. Character
Presentation
Direct (description)
Indirect(actions, behaviour)
Type
Stereotyped = fixed model
Realistic = like real people
Flat = psycologically static
Round = psycologically dymamic
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7. 4. Narrator
First person = authenticity, involvement
internal
external
Third Person = external observer
Obtrusive= comments
Unobtrusive = no comments
Omniscent = knows everything
Non-Omniscent = from the outside
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8. 5. Point of View
Fixed = single perspective
Shifting = multiple perspectives
Wide = omniscent narrator
Narrow = non-omniscent narrator
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9. 6. Language and Style
Style = way to tell the story
Dialogues
Descriptions
Narration
Interior Monologue
Association of Ideas
Language
Syntax = simple or complex
Sentences = short or long
Vocabulary = realistic or symbolical
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10. 7. Theme
Main TOPIC of the story through:
Characters
Events
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