Lecture 3.2.1 – Character and Characterization in Fiction
Lecture Overview
How writers present characters. (Chart)
Teacher reads examples: specify nationality (a later quiz question)
(Canadian)Margaret Atwood, Happy Ending 153. (1 + 6)
(American)Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well-Lighted Place pg 86 (1 + 2 + 5)
(American) William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily pg 76. (1 + 2)
(American) Raymond Carver, Cathedral page 140. (2 + 6)
(Canadian) Rohinton Mistry, Squatter page 171 (1 + 5)
The only examples left out were #3 and #4 (conversations / dialogue)
We’ll have lots of examples of that in this lesson’s readings.
The focus in this and the next few short stories you read will be on character and characterization
Writers present characters in terms that come sound like words from Mathematics and Physics
Teacher shows PPTX: Short Story Analysis (Characterization)