PROSE
Fiction
vs. Non-fiction
Novel (Gothic, Romantic, Satirical, Historical,
Realistic, Detective, Thriller,
Crime, Adventure, Fantasy, Biographical,
Autobiographical)
The purpose of a novel is to
tell a story based on a well-structured
plot. (Sometimes the main plot is joined to
minor plots.)
The point of the view is the perspective of how
the story is being
told.
Different points of views are:
-
first
person when one or more characters
tells the story
(different points of views);
-
the
omniscient narrator (not part of the story)
(gives different points
of views);
(intrusive ---
non-instrusive)
-
third
person narrator (one point of view).
In a novel the characters can be divided into
main or minor
characters. There can be a clear distinction
between characters,
they can be “round” (complex) or “flat” (simple).
The setting is where and when the events of a narrative happen.
The place is where the story is or stories are
set.
The time is the period in which the story takes
place.
The events of the story can be “synchronic”
(chronological)
or
“diachronic” (non-chronological, i.e. / e.g. flashbacks or
flash-forwards)
The theme is a general topic of discussion.
Tone (colloquial or formal, familiar or polite,
ironic or solemn,
Personal or impersonal, serious or
condescending, etc.)
Register
includes the variety of language (e.g. legal,
Scientific, liturgical, etc.)
