Analysing fiction Flashcards
(42 cards)
Three types of fiction
prose
poetry
drama
Fiction texts have what element
creative element
tend to use
literary devices.
Bildungsroman type of
prose
Science fiction is a genre of
prose
Aldous Huxley write dytopians?
yes
based on real events
historical fiction
historical fiction prose?
yes
Wrote Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Ian McEwan - known for his prose fiction in the genre?
Realist
Orwell known for his prose fiction in the genre?
Dystopian
Fiction is usually made up or real?
Made up
Most prose fiction is presented in the form of ..x3
novel, novella or short story.
The word ‘novel’ means
Latin new
Novella how many plot lines?
Usually have one plot-line.
Novels divided into?
Are often divided into chapters.
Genre mean
type
Bildungsroman develops
Protagonist
Prose language
Straight
place and time
Setting
Setting is an important part of a how a text achieves its
Effect
Setting can echo the themes of the
Narrative
A party scene from the Great Gatsby
presents the narrator as an
Observer
Has the feel of a film
Cinematic