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Complete these readings from the textbook:
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Literature
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· “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (pg. 174)
· “The Yellow Wallpaper” By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
· Chapter 3: Narration and Point of View
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Module 7: Lesson and Notes
What is narration?
To know what an unreliable narrator is, it is important to be familiar with how narration works.
· Narration is the process of telling a story or recounting an event.
· The narrator determines what details are included and how they are arranged.
· The narrator is, essentially, the one determining point of view and the facts (or lies) that the reader gets to know.
The different kinds of common narration, or point of view (POV) in literature are:
· Third-person: This kind of narrator is not typically a character in the story, but instead is outside of the characters. This type of narration allows the reader insight to the action from several different perspectives.
· There are three types of third-person narrations:
· Omniscient (all-knowing): This type of narrator is able to give insight and perspective from several characters, mostly just the main characters (but a few minor characters as well). Because they are not a character in the action, they are not limited to any one character’s perception.
· Limited omniscient: This narrator is generally tells the story around one of the major characters, focusing primarily on what this one character sees, feels, and perceives. There is very little revealed that this particular character does not know.
· Objective: Objective narrators tend to tell just the action of the story without focusing on any specific character and without revealing the characters internal thoughts. Stories with objective narration use dialogue and action to reveal how the characters think and feel, much like a movie.
· First-person: This narrator is typically a major or minor character telling their own story or the story of someone. This narrative style is mostly commonly uses the pronoun “I” .
· First-person narration reveals the internal thoughts and perspectives of only one character.
· The action of the story is clouded by the opinions of this one particular character and how they experience things.
· Unreliable narrators: The unreliable narrator tends to also be first-person and often uses the pronoun “I”.
· Unreliable narrators are often insane, unstable, and, intentionally or not, tend to mislead the reader. Or they could be incredible brilliant.
· This type of narration forces the reader to come to their own conclusions about the action of the story once they figure out that the narrator is compromised.
· These stories could be told from the perspective of the “bad” guy, or villain.
· Sometimes the reader doesn’t know that they have been deceived until the very end of the story when it takes a twist and gives an unexpected ending like in Ambrose Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”.
· Unreliable narrators aren’t always crazy or bad. Sometimes they are sheltered or naïve. For example, the story could be told from the perspective of a child or someone innocent that doesn’t know the value of what they are telling.
Module Reflective Writing Assignment
This week, you will write a thesis statement that could be used to lead a four-to-five-page fiction analysis essay over the narrator. Remember that a thesis statement is also a roadmap sentence, informing your reader of your intention and direction with the paper. For this thesis practice, choose a short story we’ve read during this unit and consider its use of narration. Write a thesis statement that includes: (1) the author’s name, (2) the story’s title, and (3) an arguable, supportable claim regarding the narration of the story. Your claim should emphasize how the narrative structure create or reinforce meaning in the story (what purpose does it serve?). Does the story have an reliable/unreliable narrator? How do you know (how will you support yourself)? For example:
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” allows the reader to taste madness through an unreliable narrator and a setting that increases in confinement.
You should avoid:
· Copy / pasting from other submissions
· Focusing on a previous week’s readings only (you can connect this week to a previous week, though)
· Unprofessional discourse
· Conversational language (you, I, etc.)
Rubric
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCore 1 (CT) Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information threshold: 3.0 pts |
5 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCore 4 (PR) Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making threshold: 3.0 pts |
5 pts Exceeds Expectations 3 pts Meets Expectations 0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations |
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Total Points: 10 |