Roel Man Intro to Literature

 What is Fiction?  Basically, a literary work which is only based on human imagination.  Today the word ‘fiction’ has developed into a term that means wider. Fiction may refer to a genre of a writing or even movie, like science fiction.  What we mean fiction here are: Novel and short story

 Approach in Fiction Analysis  Intrinsic Analysis  Extrinsic Analysis

Intro. to Literature Intrinsic Analysis: An analysis of a literary work in which the elements of the work are the focus of the analysis. In another work the analysis studies, describes, explains or interpret the internal aspect of the literary work (fiction)

Intrinsic Analysis The soul depression of a wife portrayed in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour. The analysis of symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

Extrinsic Analysis: An analysis of a literary work (e.g. fiction) in which the focus of the analysis is not on the elements but on external factors or aspects like cultural background, the author, etc.

Extrinsic Analysis Extrinsic Analysis ‘Aristocratic family life in the Southern U.S portrayed in A Rose for Emily’ ‘Aristocratic family life in the Southern U.S portrayed in A Rose for Emily’ ‘The way of life and thought of the European upper class as portrayed in the movie Titanic’. ‘The way of life and thought of the European upper class as portrayed in the movie Titanic’.

Elements of Fiction Roel Man Intro to Literature

Intro. to Literature Plot Begin/exposition Rising action/ Complication Crisis/Climax Falling action Resolusion/Denuemen t

Crisis/Climax Crisis/Climax In the climax the conflicts of the story reach the highest tension or the peak of conflicts  Climax When they reach the peak so there must be no new conflict/s would come up. In this stage, the (main) character/s try to find the solution of the conflict/s  Crisis In finding the solution of the conflict/s the character/s have to decide or choose or make a decision.

Conflict Any problems or two opposing powers/events occur in a story. Any problems or two opposing powers/events occur in a story. It is the story all about. It is the story all about. What the story really tell What the story really tell Analyzing conflict: Analyzing conflict: 1. Stating/mentioning the conflict(s) 2. Classify the kinds of conflict(s)

Examples of Conflict Siti Nurbaya: Siti Nurbaya: a. The struggle of Siti Nurbaya to choose between Datuk Maringgih a. The struggle of Siti Nurbaya to choose between Datuk Maringgih and Samsul Bahri. and Samsul Bahri. b. The struggle of Samsul Bahri to take revange to Dt. Maringgih. Titanic: Titanic: a. The struggle of Rose to choose between her fiancé and Jack b. The struggle of Rose and Jack to run away from Rose’s fiancé and to keep survive from the sinking of the ship keep survive from the sinking of the ship

Kinds Conflict Based on the source, the conflict can be divided into two: Internal Conflict Internal Conflict External Conflict External Conflict

Conflict Internal Conflict Conflict that comes from the internal factor of the characters The conflict of spiritual The conflict of mind The conflict of …

Conflict External Conflict Conflict that comes from the External factor of the characters The conflict between man and man The conflict between man and society The conflict between man and nature

Examples of Conflict Siti Nurbaya: Siti Nurbaya: a. The struggle of Siti Nurbaya to choose between Datuk Maringgih a. The struggle of Siti Nurbaya to choose between Datuk Maringgih and Samsul Bahri. and Samsul Bahri. b. The struggle of Samsul Bahri to take revange to Dt. Maringgih. The kinds of conflict: a. Internal conflict b. External conflict Titanic: Titanic:  The struggle of Rose to choose between her fiancé and Jack  Internal Conflict b. The struggle of Rose and Jack to run away from Rose’s fiancé and to keep survive from the sinking of the ship keep survive from the sinking of the ship  External conflict

Elements of Fiction Roel Man Intro to Literature

Overview of Plot an conflict Intro. to Literature Overview of Plot an conflict Plot Conflict Begin/exposition Rising action/ Complication Crisis/Climax Falling action Resolusion/Denuemen t Interna l Externa l Person vs Person Person vs Group Group vs group Man vs nature

Intro. to Literature Place/Time Setting Function background Reinforcing the theme Antagonist To determine the relation between the story and the setting by finding out the function

Setting Function Background N No significant relation between the story and the setting I If the setting changed, there’s no significant effect to the whole story

Intro. to Literature Setting Function T The setting and the story have close relation. Actually, the story has something to do with the setting. I If the setting changed, there will be significant effect to the whole story. Reinforcing the theme

Intro. to LiteratureSetting Function T The conflict is external conflict; Man vs nature. Antagonist I It could be close relation or not close elation C Close relation : If the setting of the story is about certain place/time. N Not close relation : If the setting of the story is not about certain place/time.