| A Reference Guide to Narratives: Character, Plot, Setting, Theme, Style, Form, Genre, and Narrator Contributor(s): Dantz, Gabrielle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1276224818 ISBN-13: 9781276224819 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $30.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.53 lbs) 390 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is an overview of narratives. It discusses the essential components of telling a story including character, plot, setting, theme, style, form, and narrator. Readers will learn about concepts such as protagonist, focal character, foil, plot, and many more. The parts of a plot including climax, dramatic structure, exposition, plot device, subplot, and many more will also be tackled. This book also features literary forms including novel, novella, short story, poetry, screenplay, and flash fiction. Finally, a list of literary genres is also explored including comic novel, crime fiction, magic realism, science fiction, saga, political fiction, and others. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |