use AT LEAST two of the terms from the “Fictional Device” and/or “Elements of Fiction”
create an original thread based onAngela Carter’s short story collection while you are reading, think about the more familiar versions of these stories (think Disney!) and see how Carter changes the stories.
link to stories
http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/rote/CARTER.html
MUST be 8-10 COMPLETE
sentences
Need before Friday
Fictional Devices
Symbolism: the art of investing meaning in a thing which, in the context of the story, comes to represent some other thing (e.g. COLORS, animals, geography/place, numbers, metaphors, inanimate objects)
Irony: the use of words being used in direct opposition to the literal meaning (Think of Chris Farley’s use of finger quotes) or a stark contrast between what is expected to occur and what actually transpires
Satire: the use of sarcasm, irony, or parody to poke fun at and critique vice or folly (e.g. The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, political cartoons)
Theme: the subject or unifying idea, which contains the thesis of the story (It’s what the story is about!)
Subtext: what lies under the superficial theme/context of the story; it’s implied rather than explicitly stated (It’s what the story is REALLY about!)
Elements of Fiction
Plot: is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story
In media res: beginning in the middle of things
Flashback: a device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of a work
Narrator: the person (voice) who relates the story
Character: an imagined person in the story
Protagonist/Hero: the central character who engages our interest and empathy
Antagonist: the force that opposes the protagonist
Exposition: the background information the reader needs to make sense of the situation in which the characters are placed
Setting/Context: the geographical place or the historical/social/political/economic environment
Rising Action: a complication that intensifies the situation
Conflict: the character’s central problem
Foreshadowing: a suggestion of what is yet to come
Suspense: when the reader is made anxious about what is going to happen next
Climax: the moment of greatest emotional tension
Resolution/Denouement: the conflict is resolved
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