Excellentie Lesson 2

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Excellentie Lesson 2

Today's Lesson

• Introduction - recap 
• Narrative Perspective
• Examples 
• Writing Practice

Last lesson:

• We took a look at the excellentie roadmap.
• We took a look at different literary genres. 

Excellentie Roadmap

Lesson 1: Introduction / GTKY / Literary Genre

Lesson 2: Narratives and perspectives

Lesson 3: Character Types in Literature

Lesson 4: Narrative Structure / Plot

Lesson 5: Writing a short story

Lesson 6: Finishing Up your Story

Today's Lesson:

• Narrative Perspectives

• In literature a story is always written from one or more perspectives. 

1st Person Perspective

• Usually written from the viewpoint of the (or a) protagonist.
• Using sentences with 'I' ( in dutch: de ik-figuur) 

Can you think of some examples that are written in a 1st person perspective?

Notable Examples from Literature

Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Veronica Roth...The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) Suzanne Collins. ...

The Fault in Our Stars  

To Kill a Mockingbird 

2nd Person Perspective

• When a story is told to another character by one character
• Doesn't occur often
• Usually in the form of letters or emails. 
• Uses pronouns like 'you, your' a lot.

Can you think of some examples of books that are written in a 2nd person perspective?

Notable 2nd Perspective books

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

Complicity by Iain Banks.

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Diver's Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida.

3rd Person Perspective

• Written in the form of an omniscient narrator ( alwetende verteller)
• Describes the actions of various characters.
• Using pronouns like 'he, she, it' 

Can you think of some examples of a 3rd person perspective in literature?

Notable examples of 3rd person perspective

Most books are written in 3rd person perspective.

like: Harry Potter

Lord of the RIngs

1984 etc.

Today's assignment:
Writing Practice

Write a short text ( ca. 200 words) about a topic of choice.

It has to be in: 
1st person perspective
Hand your text in via the chat in Teams! Good luck :))