※character is an imginary personge who acts, appears, or is referred to a literay work.
- major (main) characters receive most attention
- minor characters
- flat characters are relatively simple, have a few dominant traits, and tend to be predictable.
- round characters are complex and multifaceted and acr in a way that readers might not expect but accept as possible.
- static characters
- dynamic charaters
- stock characters represent familiar types that recur frequently in literary works, especially of a particular genre.
※narrrtion broadly, the act of telling a story or recounting a narrative.
1.third-person narration is vitually always external
- omniscient (unlimited) focuselectively on a few important characters.
- limited tells the story from the point of view
- objective consist mostly of dialogue interspersed with minimal description.
2.first-person narration is an internal narrator because it may be a character in the story.
- unreliable especially effective at producing irony.
3.second-person has the effect of turning the reaer into the characters in the story.
point of view is sometimes used to include both focus and voice. It varies according to the narrator's position in the story and the grammartical person the narrative voice assumes.
※Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement.
The Raven is a narrative poem, and it often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere.
※The Blind Side
It was written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side:Evolution of a game . The storyline features Michael Oher, anoffensive lineman who played for the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans.
※ Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines. It is possibly the oldest surviving long Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.
It prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English Writer and one of the foremostmodernist of the twentieth century
Ita stances on the already comtroversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good.
A controversial novel originally published for adult, ir has since become popular with adolescent readers its themes of teenage angst and alienation.
※basilica
The Latin word basilica that derived from Greek,has three distinct applications in modern English. The word was originally used to descibe an open, Roman, public court building.
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
※piazza
A piazza is a city square in Italy, Malta, along the Dalmatian coastand in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish plaza.
A piazza is commonly found at the meeting of two or more streets.
※Le Morte Darthur is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
※Memento Mori is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the venity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. It is related to the ars moriendi and related literature.
※Raymond Carver contributed to the revitalization of the American short story in literature during the 1980s.
●dia-: go through
diagnostic
dialogue
●mor-: die
morgue
mortify
mortician
morgage
●man-: hand
manipulative
manual
●op-: 對手
opponent
●pan-: all
Pantheon
●-the- :god
Pantheon
●eum-: ium-:框限起來的空間
colosseum
vivarium
生字
portray
portrait
paternity
maternity
monument
rivalry
social circle
ploting (v)羅織罪名
frame (v)被陷害
inferiority
superiority
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