The Lovely Bones Flashcards
Fantasy genre
- Unrealistic
- Imagination
- Supernatural
Dystopian fiction
• Society heading towards an irreversible oblivion (into nothing)
Conventions of dystopian genre
- Hope
- Fable
- Lack of trust
Magic realism
An acceptance of magic in the otherwise rational world
Story world
A fictional world that is shaped by a narrative
• Setting
Cognitive verbs
Thoughts
• Believed
Physical verbs
Physical action
• Moving
• Walking
Verbals
Speech
Homodiegetic narrative
A first person narrative where the narrator is usually also a character in the story world.
Focus
The amount of attention given to an event or character
Body language
Non-verbal communication given to story world
Kinesics
- Gestures
- Posture
- Eye and facial movements
- Emotions
Haptics
• Touching another person e.g. Holding hands
Proxemics
Movement in relation to another characters personal space e.g. Moving closer
Analepsis
A shift made by a narrator back to an earlier time - past