Internal conflict takes place within an individual, such as when a character is torn between duty to his family and duty to the state. External conflict occurs when two individuals or groups of individuals clash. A struggle between a character and his best friend is an example of an external conflict.
Internal is personal. External is others.
How do writers of prose fiction make us respond to the imaginary people they create?
They make them likable and relatable.
Why do you think this is?
She is a secondary supporting character and is only perceived by others.
How do writers of prose fiction make us respond to the imaginary people they create
They make them likable and relatable.
The author’s style has to do with the author’s vocabulary, use of imagery, tone, or feeling of the story. It has to do with his attitude towards the subject. In some novels the tone can be ironic, humorous, cold, or dramatic.
are they warm and bubbly? dry and mean? cold and bitter?
The theme is the main idea, lesson, or message in the novel.
The main message. less about what is being said. more about what it really means.
Conflict or tension is usually the heart of the novel and is related to the main character
Usually what the plot revolves around.
Is the narrator the main character?
the narrator is not always the main character.
The plot is the main sequence of events that make up the story.
What they story is about and how and why the story unfolds.
How does the time period affect the language, atmosphere, or social circumstances of th
The time can and will effect characters and how they are treated or what they are dealing with.
Geography, weather, time of day, social conditions?
is it the desert? is it cold? rainy? is it night?
who, what, when, where, how?
finding the setting, plot, characters, theme.
you need to have a grasp of the basic elements of what you're reading. When
You must have an understanding as to what you are reading about.
When we read critically or analytically, we might disregard character, plot, setting, and theme as surface elements of a text.
This is why it may be important to read a story multiple times.
What does she mean by saying that “few people ask from books what books can give us”?
People dont think about what we get from books.
What is her advice about what to read?
take no advice.
the Stephen sisters were exposed to sexual advances by both Stella’s husband and their half-brother,
They were dealing with trauma after trauma.
That response is shaped by our reaction to the interplay of various narrative elements,
Everyone will feel differently based on their own lives and experiences.
they both will have to contribute for the reading experience to be a success
You have to put in effort to reading and enjoying a story.
Literature became her refug
She could use this to speak up for herself and others.
experience, interpretation, and evaluation
Some may say to read a story 3 times to experience, intemperate, and evaluate.
The ultimate reading experience comes as a result of the collaboration between the writer and the reader;
The connection of the book is between the author and the reader.
Novels are exciting machines (verbal machines)
They move us and work with words.
raised the question of whether “bad” literature can still be readable
yes. Everyone has different preferences and opinions.
his will give the author a framework that will be historically correct while his character(s) are purely fictional;
Timing and historical facts are true. Only the characters are not.
So an author of fiction has to respect what these scholars have established as historical facts.
They have to be historically accurate and true.
In today’s fiction it is seen as sign of an author’s versatility to be able to write both for children and for a grown-up audience.
If you can write good enticing books for both it is genuinley a talent.
have become classics of fantasy literature for children.
Many people read these books and them read them to their children.
Science fiction literature revolves around science and technology that does not yet exist and may never exist
They have to make it futuristic, entertaining, and believable.
because being funny and serious at the same time is not easy.
Must be able to differentiate and use both at once.
Ridiculing certain characters or institutions is a skillful way of manipulating readers
Making fun of a character who is someone you usually cant make these jokes about or to in real life.
it will take some reflection to understand its satirical nature.
Something that you get later.
It can be a striking tool to pinpoint and raise criticism against political practices or other official activities.
Using humor to bring up important political topics.
Number two – there must be a criminal, and number three – there must be someone who goes after him.
Follows a structure but overall too predictable.
and describe it in an objective and unbiased manner.
You have to be unbiased and able to joke.
A well-written satire will cunningly strip down a certain practice and make it come out as the folly it really is.
Uses humor as an expose.
Unlike the short story, it is NOT short
Novels are longer like typical books.
the plot usually stretches over a relatively short time span, and will involve fewer characters than a novel.
They keep it short and simple.
Did your own answers to the question of why we read touch on any of the reasons DiYanni gives?
Yes we read for pleasure or entertainment.
What do we hope to gain from reading stories about imagined events that happen to imaginar
entertainment.
fiction is not true
Made up stories.
How we read is dictated largely by the experiences and contexts we each of us bring to a particular text,
Personal experiences and thoughts will make you perceive differently.
you need to always keep in mind the question of why you think writers use particular narrative strategies
What are they trying to make you think? feel?
Fiction writers are not constrained by reality in the same way that creative nonfiction authors might be. They are only bound by the limits of their imaginations.
They have no limits or constraints.
Fiction writers are not constrained by the truth in this way
They do not have to tell the truth in their writing.
Finally, you must examine theme in your basic analysis of literature
the theme is what the story is about overall.
So, how do we apply this to reading?
connotations help readers make inferences.
but it can also present a slightly biased story.
The story is only from one perspective.
the narrator and author are different.
The person telling the story vs the person writing.
The narrator, or the person telling the story, is one of the most important aspects of a text.
They could be an unreliable narrator.
Did you feel that setting was clearly very important here?
Yes. It sets the scene for tragedy.
Mood is the feeling we get from a story; tone is a way of getting that feeling across.)
emotions vs voice.
Animal
tiger.
Vehicle
working vehicle.
Food
healthy, delicious, food.
accomplish chaos, panic, fear, shock, terror, death?
I would use words like wreckage, debris, rubble, smoke, sirens, ghastly.
word order affects the poem.
it makes you feel nervous and on edge, like something is waiting to get you
concrete
Tired, Sweating, Overworked the glass syrup container, sits on the edge of the counter, it falls, tumbles down, all over, my new shoes
Your voice
it leaves you feeling like something is missing, just like how the speaker feels being haunted by their voice.
How can you best bring out these poetic features?
create lines instead of one big paragraph.
Yet the poem seeks to speak to a reader as if it had a body.
instead of having gestures or body language to relay a story, the poetry can only use words to tell a story.
what is it that makes someone a good listener?
being a good listener means paying attention and focusing without interruptions and forcing your own feelings or perspectives on it.
what makes someone a “bad listener”? How can we relate these concepts to reading a poem?
a bad listener is someone who can focus only on the words and not the meaning behind them.
without projecting our own assumed meanings onto it
you must interpret it without applying your own feelings.
Does it make any sense or is it just words and changing imagery?
it seems like a lot of changing imagery.
What do you make of the imagery of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”? What do you associate with it? What is the singer asking for?
the imagery seems like a circus. he is moving away from being foolish and moving onto the next day.
diamond sky
metaphor.
Leonard Cohen had studied poetry and was more conscious about his poetic project
leonard put more effort to make the poetry into music vs making music into poetry.
Bob Dylan did not set out to be a poet; his ambition was to become a folk singer in the tradition of Woody Guthrie
bob didn't intend to be a poet but it flowed naturally within the music.
His ambition was to make a living out of his talent for writing.
once he turned the writing into music it created massive success.
Like many of the modernist artists, Cohen and Dylan were more into their art than what was going on around them
they used their music and their platforms to spread information about political injustices.
Dylan’s rich imagery and often surreal texts and Cohen’s silent and sharp poetic observations certainly were, and still are, read and listened to by an increasing audience all over the world
their different forms of poetry styles manifested into their music and shaped their careers.
Musicians have been bringing poetry to a mass audience who might not listen to or read poetry.
music is a form of poetry in itself, and it exposes poetry to unsuspecting listeners.
How would you describe the rhyme scheme, and does it seem appropriate for the subject matter?
the rhyme scheme was a little bit all over the place but it matches how the poem is all over the place as well.
What is the poem about, and how does the rhyme contribute to the meaning and overall effect?
it is about a woman who got left at the altar, the rhyming makes you follow along and brings a lightheartedness to the initial love story.
Turn to the entire Levine poem "They Feed They Lion" and perform a close reading with your ears. Note places of assonance and rhyme. How do these patterns affect your reading of the poem?
personally it made the poem feel a little difficult to follow along with
weak and weary,
this.
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
W sound.
How would you describe the imagery, and what does it contribute to
the imagery shows a busy train car, and it helps to understand the tensions between the two of them in the packed train.
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
s sound aliteration.
What is the single most striking technique used, and what are the effects?
the imagery is striking, it helps to create a scene in your mind.
no need to feel that you must try to remember all the technical terms in poetry.
while they can help, good poetry will flow naturally without meaning or intent.
identify why the rhythm is appropriate to the meaning.
the rhythm matches because its short enough to keep you going, but the perfect length to keep you entertained.
mark of what poetry actually is
how the poetry flows makes it feel different.
How is chaos a pinch of joy, a bit of screaming?
the metaphor means that chaos can be happy, angry, or a little bit of both.
a candied apple’s like a heartache
simile.
Music’s a bomb of feathers
metaphor.
A star is fire and flower.
metaphor.
Chaos is a pinch of joy, a bit of screaming
metaphor.
meaning and poetry is metaphor
metaphors make meaning in poetry.
creative writing is the language of image
you should view good writing in your head as images.
What types of interpretations does this image invite?
it shows that theres more than whats right infront of her, and shows its better out there than in there
The Last Duchess (1842)
the speaker is someone who lost their love, and can only look at a portrait.
Is the speaker in a poem one and the same as the writer?
the speaker doesn't have to be the writer, the writer can write from the perspective of a different speaker.
How Much Is This Poem Going to Cost Me?
may be about speaking a personal truth, will this cost them something or someone important?
Girl Friend Poem #3
for the third girlfriend? or third poem for the same girlfriend?
Pissing Off the Back of the Boat into the Nivernais Canal
an old memory of a childhood fishing trip with dads, uncles, cousins, and brothers
Wishes for Sons
someone wishing for their sons or to have sons instead of daughters
Happines
a poem about finally getting what youve always wanted
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
this feels beautiful, sad, and cold
Choose a poem from the Poetry Foundation’s featured poems and look again at Edward Hirsh’s definition of poem. How does this poem typify his explanation? Are there any ways in which it does not? Write a short response (300 words or less) explaining how you see your selected poem in relation to Hirsch’s definitio
While reading a poem about thorn bushes, I realized that Hirsch is right, poems are like a sort of virtual reality. Something that you have never experienced first hand feels like a movie scene while being read just due to the language and imagery in the poem
There is always something mysterious and inexplicable in a poem
Poetry contains life, love, adventure, and heartbreak just through words on a page
the arrangement of words
The way you phrase your poetry means more than the words that you use
f we think of literature as its own world, it may help to think of genres more as regions with open borders
its open, and able to move freely and merge with other genres or ideas
Now what exactly do those lines mean
I believe that these lines mean that she wished she was braver, and more 'man' in a time when being brave was associated with being manly.
All of these seemingly small details can hold big implications!
so read into everything, and dont let anything go unnoticed
What if literature isn't dead after all...but thriving more than ever
yes!! we are reading online more than ever, and consuming so much information in such short time periods on platforms like tiktok, that we are just much less conscious of what we are reading and consuming.
Answer
I would say that the "Wonder Above the Sea of Fog" is more artistic