COMP-LIT 121 Midterm: Introduction to the Analysis of Narrative Fiction
7 Oct 2016
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A succession of fictional events (something that has happened) Author distinguishes it by story, text, narration text - (recit) what we read. Story - (histoire) events, characters, time (chronological order) and space (raw elements) Narration - act of narrating the story; who produces the voice? (how these raw elements are being executed) Real author implied/ideal author [narrator [character character] narratee] . Author of tell them not to kill me! (1951) Written a volume of short stories, a thin novel and a screenplay. His work focuses on the country side/indigenous people after the mexican revolution. Choppy pacing is odd due to characters emotions: not in chronological order. Justino (son: don lupe/guadalupe terreros, colonel (lupe"s son) Juvencio begging his son to tell them not to kill him. Justino says no because he doesn"t want to get killed because he has a family. Juvencio"s animals were dying so he let them into his compadre"s, don.
