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“Everyday Use” By: Alice Walker. World Literature LAP 1 Day 2. Chapter 1 Fiction: An Overview. Fiction originally meant anything made up or shaped.
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“Everyday Use”By: Alice Walker World Literature LAP 1 Day 2
Chapter 1Fiction: An Overview • Fiction originally meant anything made up or shaped. • Today, it refers to short or long prose stories- and it has retained this meaning since 1599, the first year for which we had a record for it in print. • The essence of fiction, as opposed to drama, is narration, the recounting or telling of a sequence of events or actions.
Myth • Fiction is rooted in ancient legends and myths. • Myth- : an idea or story that is believed by many people but that is not true: a story that was told in an ancient culture to explain a practice, belief, or natural occurrence
Epic • An especially long tale, an epic, was recited during a period of days. To aid their memories and to impress and entertain their listeners, the storytellers chanted their tales in poetry, often accompanying themselves on a stringed instrument. • Epic- a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
Fable • Perhaps nowhere is the moralistic-argumentative aspect of ancient storytelling better illustrated than in the fables of Aesop, a Greek who wrote in the sixth century B.C.E., and in the parables of Jesus as told in the Gospels of the New Testament. In these works, a short narrative provides an illustration of a religious, philosophic, or psychological conclusion. • Fable- a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
The Short Story • Because novels were long, they took a long time to read-hours, days, even weeks. • A short, concentrated story was ideal to produce a strong impression on readers.
Elements of Fiction II: Character, Plot, Structure, and Idea or Theme • A character may be defined as a reasonable facsimile of a human being, with all good and bad traits of being human. • Most stories are concerned with characters who are facing a major problem that develops from misunderstandinding, misinformation, unfocused ideas and goals, difficult situations, troubled relationships, and generally challenging situations.
Quick Write: Put yourself in the character’s shoes… • Think about the objects in your home. • Which objects have been passed down from other family members? • Why do they continue to have a place in your home? If you were to move away to live on your own, which objects in your home would you want to take with you? • Explain why for each object selected. • How would your parent/guardian feel about you taking each item? Explain your response.
“Everyday Use” Discussion • What point of view is “Everyday Use” • Who is the narrator? • How do we know this? • What happened to the first house? • What happened to Maggie? • Where is Dee? • Why did she leave and why did she return?
Discussion (continued) • How are Maggie and Dee different? • What type of literary device is used in the story and specifically comes to light towards the end of the story? • Quick write discussion…
Concept of Heritage • Share your quick write. • What is heritage to you? • Which character(s) can you relate to in the story? • Discuss with your partner. • Share as a class.