Features of the NOVEL

Tools of Fiction

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FictionLatin word = fingere (to imagine)

Literary genres:NovelShort Story

different lenght

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Features1. Story and Plot2. Setting3. Character4. Narrator5. Point of View6. Language and Style7. Theme

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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 storyChronological or Mixed Order (Flashback)

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2. Setting Time = When?

chronological (story) fictional (plot)

Place = Where? Outdoor scenery Interiors

Social = Who? Behaviour, Clothes of Characters

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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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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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5. Point of ViewFixed = single perspective

Shifting = multiple perspectives

Wide = omniscent narrator

Narrow = non-omniscent narrator

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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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7. ThemeMain TOPIC of the story through:

Characters

Events

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