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Fiction Types Genres
Fiction Types Genres
Definition
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Character Types:
Protagonist- the main
character of the story that
is most central to the
action of the story.
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– Static Characters- characters that stay the same
throughout the story.
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2. High fantasy - takes place is a created world or imaginary
kingdom. Serious in tone, the story primarily focuses on the
conflict between opposing forces, and concerns itself with cosmic
questions and ultimate values, such as goodness, truth, courage,
or wisdom. The Book of Three (Alexander), The Chronicles of
Narnia (Lewis), and The Hobbit (Tolkien) are examples.
d. Science fiction
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Moving on…..
3. Types of
Fiction
a. Novel f. Novella
b. Fable h. Fairy tale
c. Short story i. epic
d. Folk tale g. Myth
e. Legend
a.
Novel
Novel, an invented prose narrative of considerable
length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively
with human experience, usually through a connected
sequence of events involving a group of persons in a
specific setting. Within its broad framework, the genre of
the novel has encompassed an extensive range of types and
styles: picaresque, epistolary, Gothic, romantic, realist,
historical—to name only some of the more important ones.
https://www.britannica.com/art/novella
b. Short
Story
Short story, brief fictional prose
narrative that is shorter than a novel and
that usually deals with only a few
characters.
A brief story usually 5-20 pages long. only
has 1-2 main characters and one main
setting.
c.
Fable
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The Tortoise and Fable the Hare
• The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I
have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full
speed. I
challenge any one here to race with me."
"That is a good joke," said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the
way."
"Keep your boasting till you've beaten," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we
race?"
So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of
sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise,
lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and
when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the
winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race.
• Then said the Tortoise: Slow and steady wins the race.
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d. Folk
tale
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e.
Legend
A legend is a semi-true story, which has been passed on
from person-to-person and has important meaning or symbolism
for the culture in which it originates. A legend usually includes an
element of truth, or is based on historic facts, but with 'mythical
qualities'. Legends usually involve heroic characters or fantastic
places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs of the culture in
which they originate.
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f.
Novella
Story between 20-100 pages; can also be
a collection of short stories.
Example:
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness(1899)
A myth is a story passed
from generations trying to explain how our world works
down
or how we should treat each other.
Some myths have
or ‘super-beings’ that use
gods g.
powers to make events
happen. Myth
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Zeus, the god of thunder and lightning, always Hercules had to perform the 12 labors.
figures predominately in the myths. He is the father
of the lesser gods and rules all of them from atop
Mount Olympus. He usually has the last say on
punishment of both gods and humans, and is quick
to dispatch a lightning bolt to destroy those who
cheat, lie or treat others with disrespect.
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h. Fairy
• A fairy tale is a type of imaginative
tale
writing that carries the reader into
an invented world where the laws
of nature, as we know them, do not
operate.
• Usually starts with…”Once upon a
time & ends with “They lived happily
ever after”.
• Good & evil characters
• Magic happens!
• Problem & Solution
• Things of ten happen in “threes” or
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i.
Epic
• Stories and songs emerged as an oral means of communication and
preserving the past: tales of heroic battles or struggles, myths, or
religious beliefs. In a time before mass communication, the oral
tradition enabled people to pass down stories, most often in the
form of rhyming poems.
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