1. Characterization and Setting

2. Literary Elements Characteristics of a text Derived from reading text
Applies only to fiction books

3. Literary Element: Character Revelation
directly
indirectly
Words from character
Thoughts and feelings of character
Actions/ appearance of the character
Response from others to the character

4. Types of characters: Rounded characters well known Variety of traits
believable

5. Types of characters (cont’d)
Protagonist
Central to text
Issues revolve around this character
reader identifies with

6. Types of characters (cont’d)
Flat characters
Less developed
Quick intro
Fewer traits
Shows how protagonist behaves
Help carry action
Make setting believable

7. Types of characters (cont’d)
Stereotyped characters
Character in fiction
Fits a standardized mental picture
Narrow roles
portrayed as having only one trait and thus lack the depth that people in real life have

8. Types of characters (cont’d)
Foil characters
A character who is meant to represent characteristics, values, ideas, etc. which are directly and diametrically opposed to those of another character, usually the protagonist.
Minor character
Opposite traits of main character
Highlights principal character

9. CHANGE IN CHARACTER DYNAMIC STATIC
Changes throughout the course of action
Change may result from conflict
STATIC
Does not change
Conflict does not affect character
Include stereotype & foil
May also be round character or protagonist

13. Literary Element: Setting
Place (where)
Time (when)
General environ
Critical to what character does
Dynamic

14. Literary Element: Setting
The setting can be
Specific
Ambiguous (e.g., a large urban city during economic hard times).
Also refers directly to a description.

15. Literary Element: Setting
The time setting might be a particular day, a season of the year, or a period in history. The place might be one room, a city, or the countryside.
The environment, or general conditions surrounding the characters, may be one of wealth and joy or poverty and despair.

16. Types of Setting: Backdrop
Backdrop setting:
relatively unimportant for example, an internal conflict in the mind of first person narrator does not require a detailed setting .

17. Types of Setting: Integral
Integral setting:
time and place influence the action, character or theme

18. Functions of Setting Clarifies conflict Illuminates character
Effects mood
Illuminates character
Setting may be a symbol…that is, it operates on two levels, the literal and the figurative.
For example, the forest as a place and as a symbol for freedom and independence

19. If it is important…
The author must make the reader see, hear, touch and maybe even smell the setting.
Uses action, details of colour, sound, figurative language to make the setting real to the characters and to the reader.