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Important Dimensions of Fiction DIRGALANA _ Lee Taeyong - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Round character
        Individualized character Central character
        
        Is a major character
        
        Encounters conflict
        
        Is changed by conflict
        
        Develops throughout the story
        
        Exposes the full qualities at the end of the story
      - Flat character
        Typified character Supporting character
        
        Is a minor character
        
        Is not described full
        
        Is often given one or two traits or characteristics
      - Stock character
        
        Is a flat character
        
        Represents stereotypical personality traits which
        may stem from
        
        Their appearance
        
        The situation they are in
        
        The culture of the society
    - - Protagonist
        /prəˈtæɡənɪst/
        
        Is the main character
        
        Is the hero or heroine of story
        
        Is the character that the reader or audience
        empathizes with and wants to succeed
      - Antagonist
        /ænˈtæɡənɪst/
        
        Opposes the protagonist’s goals
        
        Is the character whom the protagonist must
        confront and defeat to achieve victory
    - - Revelation of character
        (Nguyen, 1997)
        
        Physical appearance
        
        Their thoughts
        
        Dialogue
        
        Actions
        
        Other characters’ opinions
        
        Author’s explicit comment
      - Modes of presentation
        (Klarer, 2011)
        
        Explanatory method
        = telling (narration)
        
        Dramatic method =
        showing (dialogue-monologue)
  - - - Point of view refers to who is telling or
        narrating a story
  - - - “A plot (or mythos) needs to have a
        beginning, middle and an end."
      - The term plot refers to the way a story
        unfolds in a text
    - - Beginning
        
        Exposition
        
        The exposition is the introduction to a story,
        including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
        
        Conflict
        
        External Conflict
        
        The struggle occurs between a character
        man and an outside force (person or the environment).
        
        Internal Conflict
        
        The struggle occurs within a character’s
        mind
        
        The conflict is the primary problem that
        drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or
        overcome.
      - Middle
        
        Rising action
        
        The rising action of the story is all of the
        events that lead to the eventual climax including character development and events
        that create suspense
        
        Climax
        
        The climax is the most exciting point of the
        story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.
      - End
        
        Falling action
        
        The falling action is everything that happens
        as a result of the climax, including wrapping up of plot points, questions being answered,
        and character development.
        
        Resolution
        
        The resolution is not always happy, but it
        does complete the story. It can leave a reader with questions, answers, frustration, or
        satisfaction.
    - - Flashback
        
        a part of a film, play, etc. that
        shows a scene that happened
        earlier in time than the main story
      - Flash-forward
        
        a part of a film, play, etc. that
        shows a scene or an event that will happen later in the story
      - Foreshadowing
        
        a sign of something that will
        happen in the future
      - Interpolated narrative
        
        a story added in between the main
        story
- - - - Implicit
      - Clarifies why the
        piece was made
      - Universal
      - Reflect opinion
    - - Explixit
      - Unique to piece
      - Describes subject matter
      - Explains what the piece
        is about