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Aspects of Narrative Poppy Main
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What is Narrative? Character Physical Setting Temporal Setting Plot
Genre & Form Structure Language & Imagery
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All narrated by a diegetic monologist
Form All Browning’s poems are DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES All narrated by a diegetic monologist The speaker tells his story to an audience Involves one speaker: the monologist Audience either specified or implied E.g. Specified: My Last Duchess Implied: Porphyria’s Lover
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Character & Characterisation
Diegetic Monologist Characterisation: 1. Description 2. Actions 3. Speech & Tone 4. Relationships With Others 5. Thoughts & Opinions 6. Self-characterisation
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Setting & it’s Significance
1. Temporal: Historical & Time of Day or Season 2. Physical: Where is poem set?
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Narrative Structure & Vocabulary
More Vocab Rising Action Conflict Climax Resolution Reflection Juxtaposition Transition Volta Repetition Gaps & Absences Types of Narrative Linear Non-linear Cyclical Embedded Narrative
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Slang, Informality, Hesitation, Repetition, Enjambment, Exclamation
Language & Imagery Forms & Language Descriptive Visual Aural Tactile Gustatory Olfactory Figurative Metaphor Simile Personification Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Hyperbole Euphemism Idiom Conversational Slang, Informality, Hesitation, Repetition, Enjambment, Exclamation Tone & Mood Word Choices, Underlying Emotion Punctuation Frequent Pauses, Exclamation, Reported Speech Verbal Tense Past, Present, Present Continuous, Conditional, Imperative
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