Narrative and Discussion

While your Narration (Part A) will no doubt be employing multiple narrative strategies, only choose 2 to write about in the Discussion (Part B).

The 5 narrative strategies you can select from are:

construction of narrative events using time

characterization

how story has been mediated through plot, with reference to the strategies you utilised to construct narrative time or the selection and omission of events

progress from equilibrium, through disruption, to new equilibrium

construction of narrating perspective e.g. point of view, narrative voice

 Part B (Discussion): (600 words)

- When choosing your 2 narrative strategies for the Discussion, here are some examples of combinations (NB. This is not an exhaustive list of combinations):

e.g. 1: manipulation of time (i.e. analepsis and in medias res) AND equilibrium-disequilibrium-equilibrium narrative structure

e.g. 2: characterisation AND mediation of story through plot (with reference to the selection and omission of events)

e.g. 3: narrating perspective AND equilibrium-disequilibrium-equilibrium narrative structure

 - Ensure you define and explain what the concepts are that you refer to, and their effects. For example, if you leave your narrative in a state of disequilibrium (rather than ending with a new state of equilibrium), why did you do that? What is the intended effect? This is where you research becomes really important.

- Always start with a discussion of the concepts/techniques on their own (by that, I mean don't jump straight into a discussion of your narrative). Don't skimp on this as it is critical to showing your grasp of unit concepts. After that, then you can apply it to your narrative.

Here is an example of the steps you would take in Part B. If you were going to use, for example, analepsis, you would need to cover:

- What is analepsis (provide a solid definition using the research)? What aspect of time does it fit under?

- Explain what its effects are (what's the purpose of using analepsis? what does it do?),

- Then explain why analepsis has been used in your narration and provide specific examples to show it 'in action' (e.g. analepsis occurs when the protagonist has a memory of when they were 5 years old and was bitten by a neighbour's dog, which provides context for their phobia of animals as an adult).

General:

- Layout of Part B: 4 paragraphs - introduction, paragraph 1 (first narrative strategy), paragraph 2 (second narrative strategy), conclusion

Part B (Discussion): In another 600 words to be presented in a short essay format, explain and analyse two strategies of

narration used in Part A and their effects in relation to:

l construction of narrative events

l characterisation

l how story has been mediated through plot, with reference to the strategies you utilised to construct narrative

time or the selection and omission of events

l progress from equilibrium, through disruption, to new equilibrium

l construction of narrating perspective e.g. point of view, narrative voice

Students should demonstrate critical engagement with narrative strategies and concepts. Part B is not about issues of

morality and ethics, nor is it a description/outline of the narrative.

Students must reference at least 2:

·        Literacy Terms: A practical Glossary by Brian Moon (1992)

·        Look who’s Morphing by Tom Cho (2009)

·        Introducing Cultural and Media Studies: A Semiotic Approach by T, Thwaites, et al. (2002)

·        Narrative and genre: Key concepts in media studies by Nick Lacey (2000)

·        The narrative reader by Martin McQuillan (2002)

·        Text: Time by Rimmon-Kenan (2002)

·        Introduction to narrative theory by Nick Lacey (2000)

·        Media and Society by Michael O’Shaughnessy, et al. (2008)

·        Narrative in fiction and film: an introduction by Jacob Lothe (2000)

·        Narrative fiction: contemporary poetics by Rimmon-Kennan (1983)

·        Pygmalion by John Updike (1981)

·        The nineteenth-century realist novel: two principles by Steven Earnshaw (2010) .

Include page numbers for all citations - direct quotes and

paraphrased content.

You will be assessed on the following criteria:

l engagement with the task (fulfills assessment brief)

l implementation of narrative strategies

l use of resources

l quality of argument and critical discussion

l academic writing (includes referencing)

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