Narratology

Well if you are really interested in reading a ‘Christmas’ story that does not involve Santa or are fed up of the usual, boring conventional Christmas tales, then The Gift of the Magi is the perfect pick! It is a story that reinforces the value of selfless giving. Written by O. Henry, an American short story writer born under the name William Sydney Porter, the plot is really absorbing, and is complimented with details throughout which keeps the reader involved till the very last word. This…

When a reader wants to do a close analysis of a character depicted in a story, they must pay attention to numerous factors, for instance: how the characters are described, how they speak, what they say, and how they act. This essay argues that the dialogue is the most important part of the O. Henry’s short story ‘‘The Gift of the Magi’’ for getting to know the characters and revealing their personalities. In a story, the dialogue gives a voice to the character and allows us to make our own…

Point of View, Who’s Perception? “Sonny’s Blues,” a short story written by James Baldwin, is expressed in the limited omniscient point of view. Limited omniscient point of view is most commonly referred to as first person point of view. The focus of this essay is to analyze the point of view used in “Sonny’s Blues,” while also revealing how symbolism is reflected in this short story written by Baldwin (Baldwin). There are advantages and disadvantages of a story being expressed in the limited…

James Joyce utilizes free indirect discourse throughout Dubliners. That is when he writes the characters and their attitudes and emotions influence the way the story is narrated. This adds a layer of complexity to the writing in which the reader better to fully understand the character and the changes taking place within them through a close following of the word choice and tone in the story. “Eveline” details an adolescent girl who must choose between staying home and going away with her lover,…

Many times in writing authors will use symbolism so they can convey different aspects to the reader. Symbolic elements in writing could be anything from an object, a color, or even a person. In the short story “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, there is a great deal of symbolism. The story is about two brothers of Native American descent who live on a reserve in North Dakota. The two brothers buy a Red Oldsmobile with the money they earned from their jobs and go on many adventures together…

There is a diversity of ways as to how an author may want to illustrate an idea or concept, many of which use a varsity of literary devices to accomplish the transcendence of the message to the public. Ernest Hemingway is an author who immensely succeeds in transcending our perspective of the symbols and context clues into something beyond the words we read on the page. The “iceberg theory”, mastered by Ernest Hemingway, gives way to the idea that less is more, and that we, as an author, only…

Warnings are key elements utilized by some authors in stories in order to engage the audience in continuing to read to the story. Furthermore, warnings can take form of key elements of plot such as foreshadowing and act as literary devices such as mood. The “Stolen Party” written by Liliana Hecker, uses foreshadowing to communicate Rosaura’s different status prior to the people invited to the party. The “Empty Amulet” written by Paul Bowles, uses mood to communicate Habiba’s encounter of…

Extended Assignment Does a story have to come from the author’s own experience? A story does not have to come from an author’s own experience(,) but often an author includes their own experiences when writing a narrative type story. The author may also write an informative type story that does not include themselves. A author may write a expository type story that doesn’t include them self, it is an explanatory style story. A descriptive style of story or essay writing is usually used…

The book definition of Narrative Paradigm states that it is a hypothetical framework that views a narrative as the base of all human communication. Therefore in this case, the conceptual definition of the narrative paradigm is the notion that human interactions can be viewed as narratives (Magouyrk & Temporal, 2014). This theory of Narrative paradigm was proposed by Walter Fisher, a 20th century philosopher. Fisher was of the mind that life is experienced and understood by human beings as a…

In the case of Passport to hell there is no doubt in who the narrator is as it is autobiographical although seen through the lens of a female author who invents things to form to her vision of the book and the tendency to flatter oneself the text is generally factual. This doubt in the narrator is seen most clearly in Living in the Maniototo the narrator Mavis Halleton, Barwell, Furness, Alice Thumb and Viloet Pansy Proudlock to name the most prominent narrative figures split the narrative up…