Matakuliah : G0302/Introduction to Literature
Tahun
: 2007
Introduction
Pertemuan 9
Review of prose
• Narration
• Kinds of prose: novel, short story, movie, comic, poster,
picture, advertisement
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Elements of prose
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Character
Plot
Setting
Points of view
theme
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Character
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Flat character
Round character
Stock character
Static character
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Plot
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Sequence of incidents or events.
It has conflicts, protagonist, antagonist
Good plot has suspense and mystery, and dilemma
Endings: surprise ending, happy ending, unhappy
ending, indeterminate ending
• Artistic unity
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Setting
• Place
• Time
• Social setting
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Points of view
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Omniscient
Limited omniscient
First person
objective
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Theme
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a controlling idea or its central insight
Principles of theme:
The theme must be a statement about the subject
The theme must be stated as a generalization about life
Not to make a generalization larger than is justified by the terms of
the story
4. The theme is the central unifying concept of a story.
5. There is no way of stating the theme of a story.
6. Avoid any statement that reduces the theme to some familiar
saying that we have heard all our lives.
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