Go over the following questions: noindent How does this story resemble other stories in plot, character, setting, or symbolism? noindent What universal experiences are depicted? noindent Are patterns suggested? Are seasons used to suggest a pattern or cycle? noindent Are the names significant? noindent Is there a Christ-like figure in the work? noindent Does the writer allude to biblical or mythological literature? For what purpose? noindent What aspects of the work create deep universal responses to it? noindent How does the work reflect the hopes, fears, and expectations of entire cultures (for example, the ancient Greeks)? noindent How do myths attempt to explain the unexplainable: origin of man? Purpose and destiny of human beings? noindent What common human concerns are revealed in the story? noindent How does the story reflect the experiences of death and rebirth? noindent What events occur in the story? (Quest? Initiation? Scapegoating? Descents into the underworld? Ascents into heaven?) noindent What images occur? (Water, rising sun, setting sun, symbolic colors) noindent What characters appear in the story? (Mother Earth? Femme Fatal? Wise old man? Wanderer?) noindent What settings appear? (Garden? Desert?) noindent What approach can be noted from the questions?

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

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Go over the following questions: How does this story resemble other stories in plot, character, setting, or symbolism? What universal experiences are depicted? Are patterns suggested? Are seasons used to suggest a pattern or cycle? Are the names significant? Is there a Christ-like figure in the work? Does the writer allude to biblical or mythological literature? For what purpose? What aspects of the work create deep universal responses to it? How does the work reflect the hopes, fears, and expectations of entire cultures (for example, the ancient Greeks)? How do myths attempt to explain the unexplainable: origin of man? Purpose and destiny of human beings? What common human concerns are revealed in the story? How does the story reflect the experiences of death and rebirth? What events occur in the story? (Quest? Initiation? Scapegoating? Descents into the underworld? Ascents into heaven?) What images occur? (Water, rising sun, setting sun, symbolic colors) What characters appear in the story? (Mother Earth? Femme Fatal? Wise old man? Wanderer?) What settings appear? (Garden? Desert?) What approach can be noted from the questions?

A	Sociological
B	Feminist
C	Archetypal
D	Formalist

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Plot definition: The story’s series of events. Think of plot as the story’s skeleton: it defines the What, When, and Where of the story, which allows for everything else (like characters and themes) to develop. What happens (and what is the cause-and-effect), when does it happen, and where is it happening?

Detailed explanation-2: -Plot is character, and character is plot, because as soon as a character takes a meaningful action, his action is driving your plot (whether you like it or not).

Detailed explanation-3: -1) Exposition (introduction)-Beginning of the story; characters, background, and setting revealed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plot and character are concrete pieces of story. Theme seems more like some abstract force. Plot and character are almost always discussed in terms of technique: “This is how you do it, kids…” Theme, on the other hand, is often referenced with vague hand gestures: “Oh, you know, it just sort of happens…”

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LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM