A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end - but (as they say) not necessarily in that order! But what is a story?
The simplest form of story has:
- a premise
- denouement (conclusion; often the twist in the tale).
Taught the aspects of Appreciation of a text - looking into/looking at/looking beyond a Text, with reference to an excerpt from a short story by R.K.Narayan
Expectations: Predictable, or are there unexpected elements?
Traditional: What is traditional, what is not?
Tone: Is it serious or not? (How can you tell?) (And where can you tell?)
Function - is the author using the fable form to tell a different kind of a story? What is it really about, in your opinion? [to be contd in the next class...]