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7 Cards in this Set
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nothing is wasted and author chooses each word and detail carefully for maximum effectiveness
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compression
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something that means more than what is suggests on the surface (object, person, situation, action, or some other element that has a literal meaning in the story, but suggests/represents something else)
1. the story itself must furnish a clue that a detail is supposed to be taken symbolically 2. meaning of literary symbol must be established and supported by entire context of story 3. an item must suggest a memanging that's different from its literal meaning 4. may be ambiguous |
symbol
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a story that has a 2nd meaning beneath the surface, endowing a cluster of characters, objects, or events with added significance; often the pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or moral principle
- different than symbolism in that it places less emphasis on the literal meaning and more on the ulterior meanings - an author using this usually doesn't intend simply to create 2 levels of reality (1 literal and 1 abstract), which readers merely identify as though connecting a series of dots |
allegory
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one that transcends the bounds of known reality (often highly compressed, enabling author to convey a richly textured, resonant version within a relavitively short narrative)
- may be commercial entertainment or literary fiction |
fatasy (nonrealistic story)
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reader is willing to accept the author's premise of the strange and marvelous world, introduces human beings into a world where the ordinary laws of nature are suspended or superseded and miraculous accurances into the recognizable, everyday wold of human beings
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"a willing suspension of disbelief"
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recent popular form of fantasy where majic is interwoven into the mundane and ordinary lives of characters
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"magical realism"
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- Is it used for strangness, or for thrills/surprise/laughs?
- Is it used to illuminate truths of the reader's own experience? - What's the purpose of the author's inventions? (a machine for producing a temp. thrill, or provide an unique vantage point that may change our view of the world) |
Ask for what reason does the story employ fantasy?
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