BASES |Prose analysis - definitions Flashcards
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Novel
a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
Prose
Language without metrical structure
Character
a person or an animal in a book, play or film
Character of humours
a character that has one prevailing feature such as greed, cowardice, boastfulness
Round character
Complex character
Flat character
A character of humour or stock character; can be expressed in one sentence, is easily recogniable
Consistent character
Their actions are in keeping with their usual temperament
Inconsistent character
Random, haphazard actions and temparement
Static character
Remains the same throughout the piece of work
Dynamic character
Changes and/or develops throughout the book
Reliable character
One that the reader can “trust”
Unreliable character
One whose vision of things is distorted; relay information (to the reader or another character) that contradicts information given by the implied author
Stock character
Recurring conventional character in a given genre (buffon in comedy, nurse in tragedy)
Point of view
the vantage point from which a story is presented
Third-person POV
narrator knows everything about the character’s thoughts and feelings
First-person POV
we enter a character’s mind, restricted view of the scene and other characters
Internal focalization
events are seen from inside the story, gives a restricted view of the story
Focalizer
the character whose angle of vision dictate the focalization of the story
Interior monologue
An example of internal focalization
Multiple focalization
the point of view shifts from one character to others in the the course of the narrtive
External focalization
events are seen from outside of the story, giving restricted OR unrestricted knowledge
Zero focalization
events are seen from ouside AND the narrator is omniscient, has access to unrestricted information
Narrator
the one who speaks the story
Real author
the person who wrote the story
