LIT 2020 Midterm Part One Vocab Mimesis Think of Mime showing ex Dialogue and action Diagesis telling driven by narrations Allegorical Naming name to match the character personality prominent in Good Country People ex Joy Helga Narrative distance Distance between the characters and the narrator None first person Or temporal separated by time Theme overarching idea in a piece Motif Repeated elements Plot Conflict Crisis and Resolution Summary Sequences then and Meta Fiction About fiction ex Pierre Menard Author of the Quixote Round R Characters that have the ability to change Flat F Do not have the ability to change Protagonist character with the central role Focalization Image of lens as a metaphor Idea developed by Gerard Genette Narrative discourse 1972 Zero Narrator knows more than the characters Internal Narrator is the characters can be separate by time temporal distance External Narrator knows less than the characters closest thing we have read in That Evening Sun Narratology study of narrative Point of view Narrator Who Speaks Reflector Who sees characters Narrate Who hears not always the reader Stories What You Pawn I will Redeem Author Sherman Alexie Plot An Indian boy on a mission to earn 1000 in order to buy back his grandmothers regalia dress About trusting white people or not trusting them He blows almost all the money he makes Narratology Internal Jackson Jackson Characters Jackson Jackson R Rose of Sharon F Junior F pawnbroker R Theme Motifs yellow bead trust white superiors and cultural homelessness Setting Seattle bars convenient stores pawnshop The Sun The moon The Stars Author Junot Diaz Plot A couple s trip to the Dominican in attempt to save their relationship after a cheating scandal in which Yunior cheated on Magda with a girl at the office Cassandra Cassandra then wrote Magda a letter telling her Magda is done with Yunior but he is fighting hard to keep her They are visiting his family in the Dominican ultimately ending their relationship Narratology Internal Yunior Characters Yunior R Magda R Casandra F Theme Motifs relationships you don t know what you got till it s gone Setting NJ NY Dominican abuelos beach bar cave Good Country People Author Flannery O Connor Plot A story about a family the Hopewell s they take in a another family the Freemans to help take care of their farm Even though the rumors about Mrs Freeman being extremely nosey Joy the Hopeswell daughter lost her leg in a hunting accident and therefore she changed her name and got depressed Until Manley pointer came buy the house selling bibles and woed her But he is just taking advantage of her trust and steals her peg leg Narratology Zero Characters Helga Joy R Mrs Hopeswell R Manley Pointer R and Mrs Freeman R Theme Motifs Trust relationships Setting Hopeswell farm homes barn A Temporary Matter Author Jhumpa Lahiri Plot After Shoda and shukmar lost their first child their relationship starts to fail they don t eat dinner together and they barely talk to each other The power in the neighborhood blows and they begin to have conversation under the candle light in which they ask each other questions At the end Shoda wife asks for a divorce Narratology Zero Characters Shoda R Shukumar R Bradfords happy couple that represents their opposites Theme Motifs relationships candlelight love Setting Suburbia Battle Royal Invisible Man Author Ralph Ellison Plot A young unnamed after American boy gives a great speech at his high school graduation after that he is invited to give his speech at an important convention but alas getting there he is forced into this battle royal in which he fights other black kids for the entertainment of the white Eventually he gives his speech and is awarded a scholarship to college Narratology Internal temporal distance Characters Unnamed boy r Superintendent f Tadlock f Exotic dancer girl f Mc f Theme social Darwinism corruption white power over blacks Setting south luxurious hotel The Appropriation of Cultures Author Percival Everett Plot A trust fund baby wealthy African American Daniel after being mocked in a bar in USC by some frat guys decides to make the idea of the confederate flag a symbol of black power He buys a car from some white folks because it has a confederate flag sticker Narratology Zero Characters Daniel r Lucy F frat boys F White Fam F Theme Motifs A black man overpowers racial injustice by embracing former oppressive symbols the flag song Dixieland Setting near USC south After the Cowboy Chicken Came to Town Author Ha Nin Plot A Chinese employee undergoing the Americanize restaurant He is treated as unexperienced because he is they are underpaid not allowed to eat the leftover and the boss does almost no work He compares his life to his friend peter who had gone to America and gone to school so the boss treats him like a manager because he understand the tactics Manyou and his friends began to try to sabotage peter because they believe he is being unfair All trying to get ahead in this new system even though they do not understand it Narratology internal Manyou Characters Manyou R Peter R Mr Shapiro R Boss other employee friends Theme hard work pays off cultural difference clash of cultures Setting Muji city LouLou or the Domestic Life Of Language Author Margaret Atwood Plot Loullou an artist is trying to figure out if she is really happy with life She lives with all her ex husbands and they use her for support because they are poets and make no money They treat her poorly always using big words to make fun of her She then sleeps with her accountant he tells her to stop letting people use her But in the end she lets the poets stay because they are a part of who see is Narratology zero Characters Loulou R 3 poets F Accountant F Theme Motifs Feeds off men settles words Setting Her home the city accountant office The Glass Graduate Author Miguel De Cervantes Plot A young student named Rodaja he is working on his studies to honor his family His journey includes making master traveling the world joining the army in order to further his education He is now well known and a women falls in love with him but he doesn t love her back so she gives him a charm quince to make him fall in love with her Even though a monk was able to save him he then believed he was extremely fragile aka made of glass he became an crazy oracle that people went to get advice from Changes his names with his condition Rodaja Doctor Glasscase Doctor Rueda Narratology Zero Theme motif