Indholdsfortegnelse
Genre
Setting
Example of Connotation
Useful Words to Describe Mood
Narrator/point of View (Pov)
Other Character Types
Useful Words for Character Analysis
Appearance
Personality
- Positive Words:
- Negative Words:
- Themes
the Message of the Story
Composition
Scenic and Panoramic Composition
Types of Narrative
Foreshadowing

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Uddrag
Genre
Start by determining the genre - what is a novel? How does it differ from a short story?

Furthermore, you should determine which subgenre of fiction the story belongs to? This gives an overall understanding of the story, you are about to analyse.

Setting
Setting is a description of where and when the story takes place. In a short story there are fewer settings compared to a novel. This is due to the fact that a short story is inherently a shorter story than the one told in a novel.

A setting can be physical:
• Historical time, season, time of the day etc.
• Nation, country, city, in the countryside, ocean, forest, mountains
• Environment influenced by social class, age group, ethnic group
• Fantasy or realistic environment

You have to consider what role the physical setting plays in the story. Is it an important part of the plot or theme? Or is it just a backdrop against which the action takes place?

However, setting is not only a physical description of a place connected to the story. It can also set the mood of the story. Mood is the feeling the story creates in the reader such as happy, sad or scared. It is created by giving the reader images of the setting and creating a certain feeling/mood in the reader.

By choosing specific words and by weaving their connotations together, it is possible for the author to give the setting a particular atmosphere. Look at the following two descriptions of a rose.

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Characterization deals with how the characters in the story are described and develop. A main character in a text is called a protagonist. In some cases, the main character can be an antagonist.

Short stories have fewer characters than novels and they usually focus on one central character or protagonist. Novels, on the other hand, may have more than one important main character.

Characterization is crucial in literary works because the characters move the story forward and make it interesting to read and relate to. When you analyse important characters in a text, it is essential that you look beyond their physical appearance.

The way you get to know the true nature of the characters is often through their actions and relations to others. An author can choose to write a direct characterization

(Sally was kind and helpful to other people) or indirect by showing what the character is like through the character's actions and relations to others (Sally helped the old woman finding her way home). Often, the main character(s) will go through a development in a story.