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Narrative Conventions

Delve into the elements that shape narratives - from plot development to character construction, setting details to narrative viewpoints. Uncover how language techniques enhance storytelling through symbolism, dialogue, and imagery.

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Narrative Conventions

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  1. Narrative Conventions How a text is put together

  2. What is a narrative convention? • Narrative: a fictional story • Convention: the way something is normally constructed/the parts something must consist of.

  3. Difference between narrative and language conventions • Narrative conventions are all the things that must be in the text to make it a narrative (I.E. plot, characterisation, setting, POV) • Language techniques are some things that you might find in a narrative, that are just the way language is used (E.G metaphors, imagery, stereotypes, dialogue) • Ifa story was a cake, the basic ingredients for the cake would be flour, sugar, eggs etc, this is the narrative conventions. • Language techniques would be additional things that make the cake nice, like chocolate or fruit etc. These aren’t necessary to a cake but you find them in many cakes.

  4. Plot and Narrative Structure • Plot: exposition - development; turning point; climax; resolution. The development of conflict, tension and suspense. • Structure- the order that events are revealed. Structure can be circular, • Chronological, flashback, flash-forward, foreshadowing, a final twist.

  5. Characterisation • Identify  the protagonist,antagonist, central character(s), minor characters, the ‘other’ • Construction of character through: point of view; description, speech/dialogue; thoughts; actions; symbolism; stereotypes; juxtaposition • Representation of identities, attitudes, values and ideologies through characters.

  6. Setting • Time, place, atmosphere • Setting as a representation of a society constructed through description, symbolism, imagery, allusions/references.

  7. Narrative Point of View • The relationship between reader and narrator which determines the ‘distance’: First, second, third person limited/ omniscient.

  8. Language, Style and Tone • Style:  the way something is said eg formal, informal, slang, colloquial, jargon, dialect, conversational, natural • Tone: refers to the mood, attitude and feeling communicated by and within a text. Eg sarcastic, humorous, serious, questioning, angry, persuasive, informative. •  Style and tone is created through the use of language and language devices.

  9. Theme • Central ideas/issues explored in the text.

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