Literature Notes

Escape vs. Interpretive

Fiction

Plot
  standard plot outline
  types of conflict
  *the most important & most enduring

Character
  round
  flat
  stereotype

   static
   dynamic
     Young Goodman Brown
     Joy-Hulga
    

* direct & indirect characterization

* character foils

Setting--not just where and when, but the significance to the story (if any)
  *"Young Goodman Brown"
  * "The Things They Carried;" "How to Tell a True War Story"

Point of View

Theme

Irony - 3 ypes

Symbolism - different types and specific to story