Narratology

Plot is certainly the most imperative component of most literary works, especially short stories. With the help of an excellent plot, a phenomenal story is made. This was achieved with the short story, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”. Kurt Vonnegut mastered the elements of the prominent narrative arc. Vonnegut intrigues the audience with an exceptional exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. The exposition of a narrative is the introduction to the characters and…

The Kite Runner Written Analysis In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, the plot is constructed in a circular structure. Through circular structure, Hosseini accentuates characters’ development. The circular structure facilitates the parallelism between Amir and Hassan’s relationship and Amir and Sohrab’s relationship. As a child, Amir struggles with internal conflict between treating Hassan as an equal or as an inferior. The last time they flew kites together Hassan turns to Amir and…

The novel Great Expectations is often used to showcase Dicken’s use of symbols not only for the great number that can be identified throughout the novel but also becauee of how effective these numerous symbols are in conveying a deeper meaning that may not be visible at first sight. Charles Dickens uses three types of symbols within his story Great Expectations: Objects such as a rotting bridal cake or the mists on the marshes, people such as Joe Gargery and Bentley Drummie, and things that one…

Narrative perspective, also called “point of sight”, is the angle, postion and viewpoint of the narrator applied to observe and narrate stories. (邵萍萍， 廖小云 ) It is widely used in the modern narrative works cause it can helps to arouse interest, conflict and suspense, so choosing different perspectives can make differential effects. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde consists of nine chapters, and each chapter has a brief subtitle to summarize the main plots. In the first seven parts, Stevenson chooses to…

An eerie, hushed office is a place where most employees would not enjoy working, but Bartleby and a few others from Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville, are more like described as introverted types of persons. Throughout the short story, the reader gets the vibe that the narrative is going to be a gloomy tale about a miserable life of documentation and filing. Bartleby is describes as a man of few words and who keeps to himself. The work place of Bartleby is a common environment for…

The different uses of point of view in a short story can influence how the reader interprets the text. For example, the short story "Cathedral" incorporates the use of first person. First person point of view is when a narrator conveys an experience from their own perspective. By choosing to use first person narrative, the author allows the reader to gain a concise understanding of how the narrator is thinking and feeling. First person narrative is often used because it allows the reader to…

Narrative self: Paul Ricoeur When the self is constructed through narrative or story then the focus of human existence is laid upon their phenomenal experiences. It brings about a sense of dramatisation and operation of “emplotment” which configures the diverse events and actions of human lives and turn it into a meaningful whole. The concept of self and identity is fashioned by adaptation of plots from cultural stock of stories and myths. In psychological, psychoanalytical and humanistic…

The starting point for interpreting a film includes an analysation of the elements of narration. Narrative refers to storytelling. It is a way of ordering events and thoughts in a coherent sequence. Narrative is powered by events that can make or break a movie. “Narrative is the dirt path that leads us through the impenetrable forest, so we move forward and don't feel lost.”[Wade Rawlins, Raleigh News and Observe] This essay will consist of an analyzation of the film Shutter Island (2010)…

An archetype is an example of a certain person or thing that can appear in literature and movies, they often represent a common pattern with every story. Archetypes can be broken down into three main groups or types, character, situational, and symbolic archetypes. Situational archetypes are situations that appear over and over in movies, literature and stories of all kinds. One example of this would be the unhealable wound, the wound, either physical or psychological, cannot be fully healed,…

The authors of most, if not all, pieces of writing include examples of figurative language. The reader of Einstein’s Dreams, by Alan Lightman, is able to easily identify several uses of figurative language. Lightman describes several different worlds in his novel. Each world he described is different from one another by the way time is considered, and how each variation of time affects people. As a reader, many of the worlds and their concepts of time may be difficult to comprehend, but some may…