INTRODUCTION Prose fiction is a product of man’s imagination and literary creativity which took several centuries to develop to its present form. It started with the traditional story-telling, the epic through romance which is the first fictitious […][…]
NTRODUCTION In prose fiction, the author tells a story by dramatizing human conditions and human relationships. In doing this he/she uses characters to live out the experiences presented in the work as they engage in certain actions […][…]
INTRODUCTION The fundamental or basic feature of the novel, as we know is story- telling and we have been told that this story is a product of the writer’s imagination. In most cases, the story is woven […][…]
INTRODUCTION The basic characteristic of prose fiction that distinguishes it from other genres of literature is that it tells a story in narrative form and each story depicts the lives of individuals though fictitious. In fiction, these […][…]
INTRODUCTION Setting in fiction comprises the location and time of a story and is often listed as one of the fundamental elements of fiction. It is the place and time in which the story takes place. Sometimes […][…]
INTRODUCTION We must have learnt by now that a writer tells a story but we have not discussed how that story is told. A story teller may tell the story as if he/she is a participant […][…]
INTRODUCTION Literature is a verbal art. This means that it communicates through language. We know that language is used for communication generally in form of speech, conversation, gossips, admonitions, preaching, and teaching and in several other means […][…]
INTRODUCTION We will discuss one short story in this article as a representative study for the illustration of some of the features of a short story. We will identify the theme, the setting, the tone and discuss characterization. […][…]