Narratology

Robert Louis Stevenson’s essay, ‘A Humble Remonstrance’, [2001, (1884] is a direct onslaught on, the ongoing debate on the nature and function of fiction initiated by two renowned authors Walter Besant and Henry James, whose essays both entitled ‘The Art of Fiction’ attempt to define the artistic side of fiction. Each author entering this discussion had differing views on the subject, and the crux of this debate was to define the laws of what constitutes the definition of ‘Realism’. This…

Paper 1 Describe the classical Hollywood narrative structure. Use examples from the film Shadow of a Doubt to illustrate the structure The Narrative structure of cinema has been ductile through history. Today we have a very wide spectrum of different plotlines and structures that directors and writers get to choose from; however, the classical Hollywood narrative structure stuck to one consistent narrative structure that follows a linear timeline through 3 basic steps: equilibrium, disruption,…

A & P John Updike’s short story “A & P” is full of chaos. At first the reader speculates what the short story is about and why it is called “A & P”. The narrator Sammy tells and describes all the things he sees and experiences while working at “A & P”. The text’s artistic value comes from its plot, characters, theme, and style. In the plot of the story, the protagonist, Sammy, starts by describing three girls who have walked into the A & P grocery store where he works. The three girls are…

The Cask of Amontillado “The truth of your character is expressed through the choice of your actions” (Dr. Steve Maraboli). Edgar Allan Poe had a gift for making his characters come alive in his stories. Not only is this quote relevant for society today, but it also correlates perfectly with the main character, Montresor. Throughout “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor shows the reader numerous times that his character is vindictive, manipulative, but yet shares a valuable learning opportunity…

Rationale: The text type I use is and alternative ending to ‘her First ball’ by Katherine Mansfield. I have selected this text type as it will allow me analyse dive further into Leila’s personality. The piece will be written in a third person limited point of view as to follow the original point of view as katherine mansfield wrote it. The intended audience is anyone who relates to Liela and has ever experienced an epiphany where their entire view on something is changed and they are too…

Usually we find the heroine as a narrator in Shashi Deshpande’s works. She employs a kind of stream of consciousness technique. The narrative goes back and forth in time. Since there is nothing doctrinaire about her fiction, it won’t be proper to put her in the list of feminists. She simply portrays the meaning of being a woman in modern India. The authentic recreation of India is the outstanding feature of her stories as well as novels. There is nothing sensational or exotic about her India.…

Getting to know someone involves spending time with the desired new person, talking to them, and/or observing how their actions. It would be somewhat difficult to learn about their character without those factors. We learn about characters in books in just about the same way we learn about them in the real world, by interacting with them in some manner. The difference between reality and books, though, is the middle man between the reader and the characters, the narrator. The narrator gives us…

William Sydney porter otherwise known as ‘O. Henry uses ‘surprise ending’ or the ‘twist in the tail’’ (Arun, Peruvalluti) he was the original twist writer and still is an inspiration today. Tale twister stories are the most enduring kind of narrative because the form relies on one thing, the reader’s belief that when that which was hidden is revealed, he/she will be given, order, shape and meaning to the narrative. But they are also effective because they make the reader feel like they have…

At first glance, an examination of the totality of historical fiction seems rather trivial—showing little to no purpose other than displaying a historical concept; but with some deconstruction, the genre reveals itself to be much more complex. Historical fiction adopts the factual material from a moment in history with the intent of using it in the development of a fictional narrative, opening the door for the use of a variety of literary devices that would be inoperative otherwise. The genre of…

In the short stories Antojos and The storyteller third person narration is used in the stories. Both stories have third person but they are divergent from each other, but also somewhat similar to each other in a way. Antojos uses third person limited point of view. Third person limited means the narrator only knows the thoughts and feeling of a character and in The storyteller third person omniscient is used. Omniscient point of view is similar to limited but the narrator knows everything like…