CORE102: ART APPRECIATION

LESSON 2: ELEMENTS OF FICTION

DVM1 – 1ST TRIMESTER / SIR RAMIL / November 7, 2023

ELEMENTS OF FICTION b) Flat Character

1. Setting - a two-dimensional character lacking
a) Physical Setting depth or a real personality.
b) Chronological Setting c) Major Character
2. Character - Protagonist, the most important
a) Round Character character in the story.
b) Flat Character - Antagonist, a character or force that
c) Major Character opposes the protagonist.
d) Minor Character d) Minor Character
3. Characterization - person of less importance than the
a) Physical main character.
b) Emotional
c) Psychological 3. CHARACTERIZATION
4. Plot - the process by which the author reveals the
a) Exposition personality of a character.
b) Rising action a) Physical
c) Climax b) Emotional
d) Falling action c) Psychological
e) Resolution
5. Conflict 4. PLOT
a) Internal Conflict - is the order in which things move and
• Character vs. Self happen in a story.
b) External Conflict - Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues
• Character vs. Others/Society to suggest what will happen later in the
• Character vs. Nature story.
6. Symbol/Symbolism 1) Exposition or Introduction
7. Theme - Beginning of the story, characters, and
8. Flashback setting are revealed
9. Point of view 2) Rising action
a) First Person - Series of events that lead to climax
b) Third Person Omniscient - Main problem or conflict is revealed
c) Third Person Limited 3) Climax
10. Irony - Turning point
- Highest point of the story/peak
ELEMENTS OF FICTION: 4) Falling action
- Problem or conflict is resolved
1. SETTING
5) Resolution or Denouement
a) Physical Setting
- Where the story ends
- “where” the story takes place.
- It can be very general or very specific.
5. CONFLICT
b) Chronological Setting
- dilemmas or problems he characters
- “when” and can be equally general or
experiences.
specific.
1) Internal Conflict
- Sequence of events
• Character vs. Self
2. CHARACTER 2) External Conflict
a) Round Character • Character vs. Others/Society
- characters who are complex, • Character vs. Nature
multifaceted, and have a layered - Most challenging conflict to deal with
personality. because it cannot be controlled.
 6. SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM FRUIT STALL STORY
- something in the story that represents an
idea. "Fruit Stall" by Merlinda Bobis is a short
- may be a character, dialogue, animal, object, story that explores themes of identity,
calamity, etc. cultural displacement, and the sacrifices
Ex: Horse in Trojan War made in the pursuit of a better life.

7. THEME The story is narrated by a Filipina woman

- the central idea of the story who owns a fruit stall in Kings Cross,
- the message the author is trying to convey Australia.
about life, people, or the world we live in.
She has a secret: she pretends to be of
8. FLASHBACK different nationalities to avoid revealing her
- part of the plot true identity as a Filipina.
- past events in the life of one’s particular
character which is integrated in the The story delves into the narrator's
narration of the story. experiences of cultural and personal
- when the story moves back in time identity, her relationship with her ex-
husband Jake, and her longing for the
9. POINT OF VIEW fruits and flavors of her homeland.
- how the story is being written or narrated
by the author It also touches on the theme of
- the “narrative point of view,” how the story objectification and exoticization, as men
is told and who tells the story. make crude comments about her and her
a) First Person culture.
- I, Me, We, Us
- story is told by the protagonist or one The story highlights the sacrifices the
of the characters within the story narrator has made, including her divorce
b) Third Person Omniscient (all knowing) and distance from her family, in order to live
- He, She, It, They in a foreign land. It also showcases her
- the third person narrator gives us the resilience and her ability to adapt to her
thoughts and feelings of characters new life as a fruit seller, trying to make a
- writer is AWARE living in a different culture.
c) Third Person Limited
- He, She, It, They In summary, "Fruit Stall" is a story that
- Author has DISTANCE emphasizes the challenges faced by
- Not aware of the story or characters immigrants, the complexities of cultural
- the narrator reveals only the thoughts identity, and the price one may pay for
and feelings of a single character, pursuing a better life in a foreign land.
while other characters are presented
externally. The lesson of the story may be about the
importance of cultural pride, the resilience
10. IRONY of individuals in adapting to new
- signifies the opposite, typically for environments, and the sacrifices made in
humorous or emphatic effect. the pursuit of a better future.
- the opposite of what is expected
It also highlights the objectification and
stereotyping experienced by the narrator
as an immigrant.

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