Plot 情节:
- the author's arrangement of incidents in a story (戏剧/小说)的构思/布局
- the organizing principle that controls the order of the events.
Different types of plot arrangement：
- a chronological arrangement begins with what happens first, then second,and so on,until the last incident is related
- stories begin at the end，then lead up to why or how events worked out as they did
- stories begin in the middle of things— “in medias res”中间情节切入
- flashback：a device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of work 倒叙，闪回: 一种文学或电影的表现手法，往往在一段按正常时间顺序记叙的叙事中插入一件以前发生过的事情
The elements of a conventional plot：
fast-paced, action-packed mysteries, spy thrillers, westerns, adventure stories
fast-paced, action-packed mysteries, spy thrillers, westerns, adventure stories
Given the 4 types of plot , which type is Jane Eyre?
Jane Eyre's arrangement of plot is kind of complicated, it is a combination of the 1st and 3rd type of plot.
- mainly a chronological arrangement : story begins with what happens first, then second,and so on,until the last incident is related.
- partially is narrated from the end: stories begin at the end，then lead up to why or how events worked out as they did. (“Ere long, …”Pg. 165 at the end of Chap. 16)
Character 角色： an imagined person in the story 艺术作品中塑造的人物
- essential to plot
- influenced by events just as events shaped by characters
- usually a person but not always；whatever it is, the only possible qualification to be placed on character is -- some recognizable human qualities
Characterization 角色塑造:
the methods by which a writer creates people in a story so that they seem actually to exist.
在舞台上或作品中对一个人物或几个人物的艺术再现，尤指通过模仿或描写他们的动作、手势或讲话来表现
Why is character important to plot?
- The action of the plot interests us primarily because we care about what happen to character(people）and what they do.
- We may identify with a character's desire and aspirations, or may be disgusted by his/her viciousness(邪恶) and selfishness.
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