introduction fiction Flashcards
one of the earliest manuscripts?
tale of the magician 4000-3000 BC
criticisms of the “tale of the magician”
no plot
no believable characters or situations
no chronological order
620 BC
Aesop: wrote moralistic stories about animals
Aesop’s stories
the boy who cried wolf
the hair in the tortoise
the ant and the grasshopper
the ghost with the golden eggs
homers iliad:
Odysseus goes on an epic journey and joins a supernatural war
virgil lived between
70 BC - 19 BC
Virgil story
12 volume poem
exploits of Aeneas, virtuous hero, man of turmoil
the sacking of troy, the machination of Gods
1001 Arabian Nights
10th & 14th Centuries
Shaharia Zada volunteered to marry a murdering sultan, but she made such stories that he kept her life after her “1001 Arabian Nights”
why did the 1001 Arabian night not push narrative further?
the Decameron was still episodic in nature
Canterbury Tales
narrative framed work in the vernacular
the English novel form took root in…
Richardson, Dickens, and Mary Shelly
Dickens:
orphans, prostitutes, hypocrites that all resided in English society
Anna Kerenina
Russia’s writer that mirrored the writing style of England at the time
what did the novel form in Literature
a codified narrative that would result to the “short story”
short story:
a narrative which carries its main character a conflict to climax and a denouement.
Unlike the novel, however, it is brief, with only one crisis, a few characters, and a single impression/purpose
early American authors such as (blank) were masters of the short story
Irving, Hawthorne, and Poe
Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving
fantasy and humor, fine character portrayal and social critisism
what negatively showed for Hawthorne
his ancestor oversaw he Salem Witch Trails
also his concern regarding the sins of the puritans
transcedentalism
personal relationship with God but man is divine in his own right
Edgar Allen Poe
Pit and the pendulum, Cask of a montiotto, tell tale heart
prodigal son is supposed to be translated to the
wasteful son
jesus told the story in response…
to criticism of Jesus eating with sinners
allegory:
story with a second meaning
allegorical level of story:
the redemption of humanity by following God’s second chance