Intro literature

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Intro

Introduction to Literature H4

What is the title of your book?

During reading

Pay attention to:

1. the five stages of a story

2. Narrator

3. Characters

4. Setting

5. Literary language

6. Explicit and implicit meaning

Who is the main character of your book?

Five stages of a story

Introduction

Rising action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Narrator

Part of the story or not?

Tense (written in present/past tense?)

First, (second: very rarely), third person

What perspective does the narrator provide?

Characters

Protagonist

Antagonist

Roles of other characters

Expectations 

Which other characters are important in your book?

Setting

Where and when does the story take place?

Is there more than one context in the story?

Is the story linear or are there flash backs and flash forwards?

What is the setting of your book?

Literary language

Style: simple or complex language?

Figures of speech, symbols

Tone or mood in the story 

Meaning

Explicit meaning:

the meaning of the story as you read it on the page, the litteral meaning.

Implicit meaning:

the meaning that is implied and not stated directly, the 'message between the lines'. 

Assignment (google classroom)

Who is the main character in your book?

Who is your favourite character?

On which page / In which chapter (roughly) does the rising action start?

What is the setting of your book?

From which perpective is your story told?

How would you describe the tone in your book?