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Prose AnggaSugandar P, M.S (Joseph T Ihemekwa)
Introduction • Prose fiction is an artistic work that ―has a personal narrative, a hero to identify with fictional inventions, style, and suspense- in short anything that might behandled with the rather personal ventures of creativity and artistic freedom. • One only has to see the proliferation of bookstalls at railway stations and airports, for example, and the predominance of novels over other forms of writingmade available in suchlocations to realise the appeal of fiction.
Prose • Prose is the most typical form of language and it is derived from the Latin word prose which literally means straight forward.‘ • There are many views on the construction of prose but the summary of these views is that it has a simple and loosely defined structure. • Prose is made up of complete sentences which constitute paragraphs in a narrative form. Prose reflects the pattern of everyday speech. • In view of this,Samuel Taylor Coleridge insists in his definition of prose and poetry that; ―prose is — words in their best order; poetry,— the best words in their best order.
Prose • Prose became in this environment the medium of silent and private reading (Whiteman 16) • There are critical debates on the construction of prose: "... The distinction between verse and prose is clear, the distinction between poetry and prose is obscure”. • Systematically produced and published within literature, journalism (including newspapers, magazines, and broadcasting), encyclopedias, film, history, philosophy, law, and in almost all forms and processes requiring human communications.
Prose • Structure • Prose lacks the more formal metrical structure of verse that can be found in traditional poetry. • Prose comprises full grammatical sentences, which then constitute paragraphs while overlooking aesthetic appeal, whereas poetry often involves a metrical and/or rhyming scheme. • On this point, Samuel Taylor Coleridge jokingly requested that novice poets should know the "definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose—words in their best order; poetry—the best words in their best order
Prose • Types • Many types of prose exist, which include nonfictional prose, heroic prose, prose poem, polyphonic prose, alliterative prose, prose fiction, and village prose in Russian literature. A prose poem is a composition in prose that has some of the qualities of a poem. • Many forms of creative or literary writing use prose, including novels and short stories. Writer Truman Capote thought that the short story was "the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant"
Fiction • Fiction is derived from the Latin word fictum which means ―created‖. Fiction is a term used to denote anything, mainly stories or accounts that are not real. • Can you recall the fairy tale or other stories that your mother or grandmother used to tell you about animals, monsters, or even human beings that existed in far away countries or in the primordial times. • Fiction is a story or setting that is derived from imagination— in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. • Fiction can be expressed in a variety of format, including writings, live performances, films, television programs, animation, video games, and role-playing games, though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature (see literary fiction), including novels, novellas, short stories, and plays.
Fiction • A work of fiction is an act of creative imagination, so its total faithfulness to the real-world is not typically assumed by its audience. • Fiction is regarded as the traditional opposite of non-fiction, whose creators assume responsibility for presenting only the historical and factual truth; however, the distinction between fiction and non-fiction can be unclear, for example, in postmodern literature. • Traditionally, fiction includes novels, short stories, fables, legends, myths, fairytales, epic and narrative poetry, plays (including operas, musicals,dramas, puppet plays, and various kinds of theatrical dances) • The Internet has had a major impact on the creation and distribution of fiction, calling into question the feasibility of copyright as a means to ensure royalties are paid to copyright holders.
Fiction • Fiction Gender • Fiction is commonly broken down into a variety of genres: subsets of fiction, each differentiated by a particular unifying tone or style, narrative technique, media content, or popularly defined criterion. • Historical fiction places imaginary characters into real historical events. In the early historical novel Waverley, Sir Walter Scott's fictional character Edward Waverley meets a figure from history, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and takes part in the Battle of Prestonpans. • Fictional works that explicitly involve supernatural, magical, or scientifically impossible elements are often classified under the genre of fantasy, including Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, and J. R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Fiction • Literary Fiction • Literary fiction is defined as fictional works that are deemed to be of literary merit, as distinguished from most commercial, or "genre" fiction. • Literary fiction often involves social commentary, political criticism, or reflection on the human condition. In general it focuses on "introspective, in-depth character studies" of "interesting, complex and developed" characters.
Fiction • Realism • Realistic fiction typically involves a story whose basic setting (time and location in the world) is real and whose events could feasibly happen in a real-world setting; non-realistic fiction involves a story where the opposite is the case, often being set in an entirely imaginary universe, an alternative history of the world other than that currently understood as true, or some other non-existent location or time-period, sometimes even presenting impossible technology or a defiance of the currently understood laws of nature. • Literary critic James Wood, argues that "fiction is both artifice and verisimilitude",meaning that it requires both creative invention as well as some acceptable degreeof believability, a notion often encapsulated in poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge'sterm: willing suspension of disbelief.
Prose Fiction • What then is prose fiction? It is fictional work that is presented in a narrative form. • Fiction and narrative are words that distinguish prose fiction from any other form of narrative or fictional work. For instance, drama is fiction but it is presented in dialogue and not narrative. • Prose fiction as a literary genre is made up of the shortstory, the novella and the novel. Prose fiction tells a story and the fact that thestory is not factual distinguishes it from history. • Prose fiction is an artistic work that ―has a personal narrative, a hero to identify with fictional inventions, style, and suspense – in short anything that might be handled with the rather personal ventures of creativity and artistic freedom.
Prose Fiction • Prose Fiction and History • History is therefore an empirical social experience because the historian is concerned with empirical data, operating as much as possible at the level of facts in pursuit of specific truths. • It is a factual documentation with the sole aim of education and preservation for posterity. • Prose fiction could be based on history but the author uses vivid and graphic representations of characters and incidents to present an entertaining story. • Prose fiction could use informal language for particular effect but historical language is expected to be formal and correct at all times.
Prose Fiction • Prose fiction could use informal language for particular effect but historic language is expected to be formal and correct at all times. • History is an empirical social experience; the historian is concerned with empirical data, operating as much as possible at the level of facts in pursuit of specific troths. • The literary artist is therefore faced with the problem of disciplining history to obey his artistic purpose.
