Introduction Pertemuan 9 Matakuliah: G0302/Introduction to Literature Tahun: 2007
Bina Nusantara Narration Kinds of prose: novel, short story, movie, comic, poster, picture, advertisement Review of prose 3
Bina Nusantara Character Plot Setting Points of view theme Elements of prose 4
Bina Nusantara Character Flat character Round character Stock character Static character
Bina Nusantara Plot Sequence of incidents or events. It has conflicts, protagonist, antagonist Good plot has suspense and mystery, and dilemma Endings: surprise ending, happy ending, unhappy ending, indeterminate ending Artistic unity
Bina Nusantara Setting Place Time Social setting
Bina Nusantara Points of view Omniscient Limited omniscient First person objective
Bina Nusantara Theme a controlling idea or its central insight Principles of theme: 1.The theme must be a statement about the subject 2.The theme must be stated as a generalization about life 3.Not to make a generalization larger than is justified by the terms of the story 4.The theme is the central unifying concept of a story. 5.There is no way of stating the theme of a story. 6.Avoid any statement that reduces the theme to some familiar saying that we have heard all our lives.