It is a form of human expression, communicated by means of words in a text having aesthetic value.

It is the use of language and creativity to evoke a personal response in the reader.

It is a world of fantasy, horror, feelings, ideas, criticism… put into words.

Figures of speech (metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, paradox etc)

Unusual syntactic patterns (eg. Reversing the order of subject and verb)

Use of images and symbols Use of theme, concept and idea Creation of literal and lateral meaning

A process of the development of skills and abilities reached by the reader, that results from the articulation between his/her literary knowledge, intercultural knowledge, expressive abilities, and cognitive, linguistic and emotional strategies, through direct contact and enjoyment of the literary work to be able to evaluate, value, criticise and aprehend it. (Tabernero y Dueñas, 2003, p.1).

 

LyricalNarrativeDrama

NARRATIVE LEVELS

Narrative text

Real > Implicit > Narrator> Narratee >Implicit > Real author author reader reader

PLOT STRUCTURE or SPACIAL

ORGANIZATION: Introduction, complication &

resolution. Resolution (open or closed)

TYPES OF SPACIAL ORGANIZATION: Lineal Beginning

Ending

Circular Beginning Ending

Chinese boxes or Russian dolls structure.

Kaleidoscope structure

CHARACTERS According to their nature: Fictional, historical,allegorical or symbolic,

biographical, autobiographical. According to their importance in the

development of the plot: Main/secondary According to their psycological depth: Round/flat According to their development/growth: Dynamic/static

POINT OF VIEW

Omniscient (third person) Limited omniscient (third person) First person Objective (third person)

TIME/CHRONOLOGYLinearAnachronistic: Analepsis (flashback) “in media res”

Prolepsis (flashforward)

SPACE CRONOTOPE (Bajtín)