Narrative Fiction I: Rikki-tikki-tavi

1. Skills, Strategies, and Techniques

2. Terms

2.1. Symbol

2.2. Syntax

2.3. Plot

2.3.1. Exposition

2.3.2. Rising Action

2.3.3. Climax

2.3.4. Falling Action

2.3.5. Dénouement

2.4. Focalizer

2.5. Epic

2.5.1. Conventions of the epic

2.6. character

2.6.1. agon

2.6.1.1. protagonist

2.6.1.1.1. epic hero

2.6.1.2. antagonist

2.6.1.2.1. villain

2.6.2. primary

2.6.3. secondary

2.7. conflict

2.7.1. man vs. man

2.7.2. man vs. self

2.7.3. man vs. the unknown

2.7.4. man vs. nature

2.8. Allegory

2.9. Mimesis

3. Today's Class

4. Conventions

5. Concepts

5.1. Genre

5.1.1. Short Story

5.2. Mode

5.2.1. Allegory

5.2.2. Mimesis

5.3. Narrative

5.3.1. Storyworld

5.3.2. Two major elements of narrative

5.3.2.1. Story

5.3.2.2. Narrative Discourse

5.3.3. Narrators

5.3.4. Story vs. Plot

5.4. Focalization

5.5. New Topic

5.5.1. Narrative time vs. Story Time

5.6. Defamiliarization

5.7. salvation as defined by Christianity