Singapore Flashcards
Grandfathers Story by?
Catherine Lim
Grandfathers Story (Catherine Lim):
Cruelties
Atrocities
Grandfathers Story (Catherine Lim):
slaves
bondmaids
Grandfathers Story (Catherine Lim):
mistresses
concubines
Grandfathers Story (Catherine Lim):
severity
virulence
Grandfathers Story (Catherine Lim):
heartbroken
inconsolable
Things to Remember:
author tells us straight out, by exposition or analysis, what a character is like, or has someone in the story tell us what he is like.
Direct Presentation
Things to Remember:
author shows us the character in action; we infer what he is like from what he thinks or says or does.
Indirect Presentation
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
what the characters do is our best clue to understand what they are
action
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
appearance and environment reveal much about a characters social and economic status, of a characters social and economic status, of course, but also they us about character traits.
descriptions, both personal and environmental
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
although the speeches of most characters are functional, essential to keep the action moving along they provide material by which you may draw conclusion.
Dramatic Statements and thoughts
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
by studying what characters say about each other, you may enhance your understanding of the character being discussed.
Statements by other characters
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
what the author speaking with the authorial voice, says about a character is usually accurate and the authorial voice can be accepted factually.
Statements by the author speaking as story teller or observer
Character Disclosed in Fiction:
Literary Approach
Psychological Criticism
The Exile by?
Edwin Thumboo
