The editors of “Flash Fiction” asked themselves the question‚ “How short can a story be and still truly be a story?” (11). With this in mind‚ they settled on a maximum word count of 750‚ with a minimum of 250. They debated keeping it as “one story to a page‚ just a little book of little stories‚” but soon realized that‚ without the turn of a page during a story‚ the reader is easily bored (13). Instead‚ they allowed the stories to begin and end naturally in the book’s layout. “Pumpkins” is a
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DRAMA For many decades‚ drama has been in our world. It gives us feelings‚ emotions‚ morality and sometimes quotes. What is drama exactly? Is it a play? An action? Or just an entertainment? Hamilton Carole in his article “the study of drama” defined Drama to be a representational art‚ a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual‚ fictional characters within a virtual‚ fictional universe. Also he stated “Dramatic realizations may pretend to approximate reality or else stubbornly defy‚ distort
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The novel of Harris stands as a signpost of current horror fiction in the development of the serial killer as an antihero. With the creation of arguably the best fictional criminals ever‚ Harris makes reference to his habit of making use of real-life serial murderers and forensics to establish a practical subgenre of the crime thriller. The tones of the chapters vary here‚ which resulted in a diverse and uneven read. The conversation of Lecter discloses his penchant for psychology and the coaching
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SEVEN ELEMENTS OF FICTION 1) PLOT - Action which occurs -- 5 ingredients plotted as a witch’s hat 1) Exposition (introduction) - background information 2) Rising Action / Complications - conflicts are presented 3) Climax - high point of the action 4) Falling Action - lessens the intensity 5) Denouement (conclusion) - pulls the story together ["They lived happily every after"] NOTE: NOT ALL STORIES CONTAIN ALL 5 INGREDIENTS 2) SETTING - Time‚ Place‚ Customs
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stories that easily relate to the reader as well. Both stories caused a personal reaction as the writer used certain strategies to detail the idea‚ theme‚ and purpose behind each of the writings. It is also important to know the difference between a fiction and nonfiction story. The author has to intrigue the reader’s imagination to make the story interesting. Reactions and Strategies Salvation Salvation was written by Langston Hughes in 1940. This is a nonfictional story based on a childhood experience
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classifications” (Miller 207). Thomas is cautious in interpreting Conrad’s narrative and questions the possibility of being able to glimpse into an essential truth by placing the text in historical context. Thomas quotes Miller‚ to synthesise “Conrad’s fiction in the context of the history of ideas” (Thomas 242)‚ and later on takes up Miller’s suggestion in the evaluation of The Nigger of the “Narcissus” by Conrad to demonstrate that there can be “decisive unveiling” (Miller 220). Although Thomas does not
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Elements of Fiction “The Lottery” Plot: The plot is developed in chronological order‚ with a few episodes from past stories. Exposition: The story begins on a beautiful summer’s day where the village gathering in the town square with kids running around enjoying their liberation from school‚ and putting rocks in their pockets and guarding a pile of rocks in the corner. Rising Action: Further in the story‚ the lottery has begun and every head of the family has drawn a little piece of paper from
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Study of Crime Fiction Since the form has never been perfected‚ it has never become fixed. The academians have never got their dead hands on it. It is still fluid‚ still too various for easy classification.(Horsley 1) While Raymond Chandler‚ the author of those words‚ would surely be against the classification attempted here‚ these “dead hands” of mine will attempt to share a study of what has been described as the most widely read type of literature: crime fiction. Crime fiction is the genre
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typical science fiction story‚ I find myself completely perplexed. But then again‚ what is exactly a ‘typical science fiction story’? Because many critics‚ I believe‚ would never say that nothing in the body of work of this eccentric writer is ‘typical’. Rather he would show all signs of ‘atypicality’‚ of eluding any specific genre classifications. But‚ then again‚ none of literary critics seem to agree or‚ rather‚ agree to disagree on the subject of the definition of term ‘science fiction’. But even
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Ask Why? The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you‚ given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books. By weaving an intricate and interesting plot full of fascinating characters‚ and all types of details
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