Short Story Theory
History of Fiction
Authors
Literary Elements 1
Literary Elements 2
100
Worldly Interests
"_________________" prevent people from gaining the "totality" of comprehension and response that reading should provide.
100
The 17th and 18th centuries
What is the time period that fiction began to flourish?
100
Shirley Jackson
Who wrote "The Lottery" and other equally bizarre stories?
100
1st person point of view
What is the point of view that uses "I"?
100
Non-traditional structure
What is a structure that uses fragments or circular structure versus chronological or standard flash forward and flashback?
200
STRONG IMPRESSION
A story should create an intense _________________.
200
The Renaissance
What is the time period when The INDIVIDUAL was valued above all else and the HUMAN was studied as never before?
200
Guy de Maupaussant
Who wrote "The Necklace"?
200
2nd person point of view
What is the point of view that is the LEAST common and uses "you?"
200
Public and Private, outdoor places, cultural and historical circumstances
What are three basic types of setting?
300
"A Brief Prose Tale"
A short, concentrated story is called _______________ by Poe.
300
ADVENTURE
Instead of society and politics the first fictional stories were concerned with.....
300
Tim O'Brien
Who wrote "How to Tell A True War Story?"
300
3rd Person Limited
What point of view (using he, she, or it) allows you to get into the head of only one character?
300
To create mood or atmosphere, to use as a symbol, to accentuate qualities of character, to establish the realism in a story, or to help the author shape their work.
What are some of the literary uses of setting?
400
A story that could be read in A SINGLE SITTING
What is the amount of time that Poe thought was appropriate for a short story?
400
NOVEL
This word was borrowed from French and Italian to describe fictional works and to distinguish them from Medieval and classical romances as something "new."
400
Jack London
Who wrote stories about the Yukon, gold mining, and adventure in the newly forming Western United States?
400
3rd Person Omniscient
What point of view (using he, she, or it) allows you to get into the minds of one or MORE characters?
400
Universal and Contextual
What are two types of symbols?
500
Totality
"Worldly interests" prevent people from gaining the "________" of comprehension and response that reading should provide.
500
Monthly Installments
As fiction lovers grew, writers would create VERY LONG novels that they would publish in ___________? (Charles Dickens is a good example of this kind of author).
500
John Steinbeck
Who wrote stories that took place in mostly rural areas about people who were either down on their luck or unlucky in life? (This author also wrote THE VERY FAMOUS NOVEL "The Grapes of Wrath")
500
3rd Person Objective
This point of view is also known as "fly on the wall." This narrator uses he, she, or it, but only observes what is going on around him or her. This narrator does not get into the minds of any characters
500
Creates a meaningful equation between either 1.) a specific object, scene, character or action and 2.) ideas, values, persons, or ways of life.
What is a symbol?