Structure and Plot Development (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Narrative structure Márquez uses
Narrative structure Márquez uses
Non-linear/non-chronological
Opening line reveals what
Opening line reveals what
Santiago's murder immediately
When narrator returns to town
When narrator returns to town
27 years after murder
Dramatic irony effect created
Dramatic irony effect created
Readers know ending; watch tragedy unfold helplessly
Circular narrative means
Circular narrative means
Opening & closing mirror; reinforces inevitability
Hours focused on murder morning
Hours focused on murder morning
Approximately 7 hours
Verisimilitude definition
Verisimilitude definition
Apparent truthfulness/realism
Times brothers publicly declare plan
Times brothers publicly declare plan
More than 20 times
Temporal compression example
Temporal compression example
1 morning = 5 chapters; 27 years = paragraphs
3 genres combined in structure
3 genres combined in structure
Journalistic realism, magical realism, tragedy