Lecture 3.2.1 – Character and Characterization in Fiction

Spend at least 7 mins on this activity Go through the activity to the end Receive a grade


Lecture Overview

How writers present characters. (Chart)

  1. Actions of the character(s) 
  2. Thoughts of the character(s) Can be in a 1st , 2nd or 3rd  person POV
  3. Conversations the character shares with others
  4. Conversations of other characters about the character in question
  5. Observations of other characters about the character in question 
  6. Author’s own opinion. This might be overt, or may be implied 
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)

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