the tools of fiction
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The Tools of Fiction
Raffaele Nardella
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Introduction
The Novel 18th century Europe - Middle Class– Fiction FINGERE + Representation of REAL– Prose (Poetic elements)– Narrative
• Characters• Actions• Plot
– Long Investigation of a human issueThe Features of a Narrative Text– Setting– Characters– Narrator
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Place and TimeTime setting– Day– Season– Year
Context Social historical factorsPlace Setting– Interior– Exterior
Detailed Description Protagonist
Setting
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Description of landscapes, interiors, objects
The Characters
Presentation– Direct (the writer says)– Indirect (the reader infer)– Mixing of both realistic & psycological
Role– Major / Minor– Flat / Round
• Flat = Types, Caricatures single psycological trait• Round = more complex changing personality influencing the plot
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The narrator
The narrator voice = point of view– Internal = inside the story– External = outside the story
1st-person narrator– “I” mode– Reader close to the narrator– Impression of reality– Restrict reader’s perspective
3rd-person narrator Omniscent– Obtrusive, focusing on the act of narration– Unobtrusive, like a camera, no interfering
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