Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative

dc.contributor.authorRodak, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-20T20:52:33Z
dc.date.available2022-09-20T20:52:33Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractProse Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative is an open-access textbook that introduces readers of fiction to its underlying semiotic principles. The text was originally published by Ignasi Ribo for students in a 300-level literature course. As an open access text, it has been adapted into this modified version by two additional authors, Miranda Rodak and Ben Storey, to address 200-level literature students entering the "Introduction to Fiction" course at Indiana University.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/28201
dc.identifier.urihttps://iu.pressbooks.pub/prosefiction/
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsThis work is under a CC-BY-NC license. You can remix, adapt, and build upon this work as long as it is for non-commercial purposes and you give appropriate credit to the original creator. You do not have to license your derivative work on the same terms.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectLiterary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writersen
dc.titleProse Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrativeen
dc.typeBooken
lrmi-terms.educationalLevelIntroductory College Students (General Education)
lrmi-terms.isBasedOnUrlhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/819
lrmi-terms.targetNameENG-L204: Introduction to Fiction
lrmi-terms.teachesCritically read and interpret fiction as well as scholarly and theoretical texts.
lrmi-terms.teachesSummarize the main ideas or arguments of a given text.
lrmi-terms.teachesDemonstrate critical reading skills, including paraphrasing passages, identifying and defining unfamiliar language or details, annotating as you read, and reading texts multiple times.
lrmi-terms.teachesAnalyze the way the formal literary elements function within fiction, including plot, setting, characterization, point of view, narration, style, and language.
lrmi-terms.teachesApply close-reading techniques to specific passages to reveal relationships in the language and details that drive the text’s meaning.
lrmi-terms.teachesMake claims about the way a piece of fiction (including both its text and subtext) addresses issues beyond its pages (this could include how a piece of fiction speaks to a general theme and/or how it responds to a specific issue of genre, culture, history, social movement, etc.).
lrmi-terms.teachesWrite analytical arguments about fiction.
lrmi-terms.teachesConstruct clear, effective, rigorously revised arguments supporting a central claim.
lrmi-terms.teachesProvide and analyze relevant evidence in support of claims.
lrmi-terms.teachesUse proper protocols and conventions of academic writing, including succinct prose, correctly citing sources according to MLA guidelines, and avoiding plagiarism.
lrmi-terms.teachesDemonstrate appropriate awareness of audience, including who your readers are and in what context they will be reading your work.
lrmi-terms.teachesContribute to an intellectual discussion about fiction by appropriately interpreting and respectfully responding to the ideas of others (this could mean responding to classmates and/or responding to critics or theorists).
lrmi-terms.teachesDemonstrate a critical understanding of genre.
lrmi-terms.teachesRecognize key generic features of the fictional text.
lrmi-terms.teachesConstruct an argument about a text’s use of generic conventions.

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