Plot%20and%20Structure%20(adapted%20from%20pp.109-114)

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Plot and Structure(adapted from pp.109-114)

• Prepared by Ms. Teref

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What is CONFLICT?

• Definition
• What does conflict bring out? What does it cause?
  What effects does it produce? (CAUSE-EFFECT)
• Types of conflict
• 1.The opposition of two people envy, anger,
  hatred, avoidance, gossip, lies, fighting
• 2. Between groups
• 3. Abstract an individual opposes larger forces
  like nature, ideas, or public opinion (e.g. Wang
  Lung vs. drought, or Sophie Mc.Donald and
  alcohol)
• 4. Dilemma a difficult or impossible choice, a
  natural conflict within an individual.
• (p.109-110)

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Why cant we just get along?

• Conflict is the major element of plot (110). ?
  So what?
• e.g. Wang Lung and O-Lan get married. They have
  children. They work hard together. Wang acquires
  more land. His uncle moves in.
• Find the cause-effect relationship in the above
  example (Wang and O-Lang have children because
  they get married. Wang acquires more land because
  OLan work together)
• Conflicts lead to attitudes, choices, and
  outcomes that make the story interesting.

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The Structure of Fiction

• What does structure mean in everyday life?
• What is the structure in fiction? Are stories
  and novels written randomly and spontaneously?
  Is fiction indeed all about talent?
• (p.111)

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Formal Categories of Structure (version 1)
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Formal Categories of Structure (version 2)
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Irrespective of the Graphic

• (pp.112-113)
• 1. Exposition
• 2. Complication
• 3. Crisis
• 4. Climax (similar to the crisis)
• 5. Resolution or Dénouement

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Selective Recollection or