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Elements of Prose
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Setting
Time and place of events in a literary work.
Functions of Setting:
1) state time and place
2)help in understanding of the characters and their actions
3) help create mood and atmosphere
4) facilitate plot development by being involved in the conflict
Conflict
Character
A fictional personality created by the author
CONFLICT: A clash of actions, desires, ideas or wills.
Types of Conflict:
• Man against Man the main character pitted against some other person or group of persons.
• Man against environment: the main character in conflict with some external force such as physical nature, society, or fate.
• Man against himself: the main character in conflict with some element of their own nature.
• Emotional, intellectual, spiritual conflict: the main character is in conflict with an emotional, spiritual, or intellectual entity or ideal.
-Protagonist: the central character 1n the story.
-Antagonist: the forces acting against the protagonist; may be persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of his own character.
-Dynamic Character: The character changes as a result of the action of the story.
-Static Character: The character does not change much in the course of the story.
What is Prose?
Prose is the ordinary form of spoken and written language whose unit is the sentence, rather than the individual line as it is in poetry. The term applies to all expressions in language that do not have a regular rhythmic pattern.
2 Main Categories
Short story: a fictional story that can be read in one sitting.
Novel: a long prose narrative (an account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc.) that must be read in many sittings.
Plot
Suspense
A series of events in a narrative that is carefully constructed by the author for artistic purpose; a series of related incidents that build upon one another as the story develops. The plot meant to entertain the reader.
Anticipation of the outcome of events
Methods of Maintaining Suspense:
• Foreshadowing: a hint of what is to happen
• Mystery: something unusual happens that needs explaining
• Dilemma: a character must choose between two equally undesirable
Point of View
The direction from which the writer has chosen to tell the story.
Elements of Prose
Theme
A theme is a subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks. Themes are ideas that recur and are present throughout a piece of work
-The theme is what the author is saying throughout the story
-The plot is how he/she says it : it is the story he/she uses to get this point across