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The Big Picture: Analyzing Fiction and Drama
Elements of Fiction
Know the following:
Plot
Narrative
Conflicts
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Suspense
Comedy
Tragedy
Falling Action
Denouement (day-noo-mah)
Stories may begin in medias res. What is that?
Flashback
Foreshadowing. Consider examples in “Agamemnon.”
Character (63-64)
Protagonist
Antagonist
Coming-of-Age story
Bildungsroman
Epiphany
Round Character
Flat Character
Foil
Stock characters
Developing Character
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Setting
Setting—what does it include?
Examples of settings. Consider weather.
Historical Context
Cultural Environment
Point-of-View
Know how this matters—the impact on the reader—the advantages and disadvantages; the effects.
Second-Person point of view
First-Person Point-of-View
Unreliable Narrator
Third-Person Point of View
Third Person
Omniscient Third Person
Limited Omniscient Narrator
Objective Narrator
Stream-of-Consciousness
What is it? Which writers were famous for it? From what era did this style of writing spring?
Narrative Frame. What is a narrative frame? Give a famous example.
Symbol p. 84
Theme
How many themes? Why?
Themes:
1. The subject and the theme are not the same.
2. Avoid clichés.
3. Do not ignore contradictory details.
4. A theme is not a moral.
5. A literary work almost always has more than one theme.
6. Themes can be questions.
Special Considerations for Analyzing Drama
Consider how the following components differ from other works of literature:
Plot
Acts
Scenes
Character
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dramatic Irony
Setting
Symbol
Prop
Principle of “Chekov’s gun.”
From Analysis to Essay: Writing an Interpretive Essay
“Trifles,” by Susan Glaspell (102).
Sexism can blind people to the truth—like in “Agamemnon.”
People may take desperate measures when they feel entrapped in a loveless marriage, in a cold isolated house, or in a society that doesn’t value them. Sound familiar?
Someone who is a criminal by one set of social standards might be a victim according to another set of social standards. Or, in other words, justice is not always the same as the rule of law (112).
The Big Picture: Analyzing Fiction and Drama
Elements of Fiction
Know the following:
Plot
Narrative
Conflicts
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Suspense
Comedy
Tragedy
Falling Action
Denouement (day-noo-mah)
Stories may begin in medias res. What is that?
Flashback
Foreshadowing. Consider examples in “Agamemnon.”
Character (63-64)
Protagonist
Antagonist
Coming-of-Age story
Bildungsroman
Epiphany
Round Character
Flat Character
Foil
Stock characters
Developing Character
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Setting
Setting—what does it include?
Examples of settings. Consider weather.
Historical Context
Cultural Environment
Point-of-View
Know how this matters—the impact on the reader—the advantages and disadvantages; the effects.
Second-Person point of view
First-Person Point-of-View
Unreliable Narrator
Third-Person Point of View
Third Person
Omniscient Third Person
Limited Omniscient Narrator
Objective Narrator
Stream-of-Consciousness
What is it? Which writers were famous for it? From what era did this style of writing spring?
Narrative Frame. What is a narrative frame? Give a famous example.
Symbol p. 84
Theme
How many themes? Why?
Themes:
1. The subject and the theme are not the same.
2. Avoid clichés.
3. Do not ignore contradictory details.
4. A theme is not a moral.
5. A literary work almost always has more than one theme.
6. Themes can be questions.
Special Considerations for Analyzing Drama
Consider how the following components differ from other works of literature:
Plot
Acts
Scenes
Character
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dramatic Irony
Setting
Symbol
Prop
Principle of “Chekov’s gun.”
From Analysis to Essay: Writing an Interpretive Essay
“Trifles,” by Susan Glaspell (102).
Sexism can blind people to the truth—like in “Agamemnon.”
People may take desperate measures when they feel entrapped in a loveless marriage, in a cold isolated house, or in a society that doesn’t value them. Sound familiar?
Someone who is a criminal by one set of social standards might be a victim according to another set of social standards. Or, in other words, justice is not always the same as the rule of law (112).
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