KortverhaleSho rt Stories Important Aspects Regarding Short Stories

Kortverhale/Sho rt Stories Important Aspects Regarding Short Stories

Important Aspects Karakters/Characters “Hoofkarakter” = Main character The character that is featured in the story the most Can be the narrator Ask yourself - To whom does everything happen? Ask yourself - Who do we know most

More important stuff. . . Characterization Developing what the reader knows about the character Focus on appearance Focus on personality descriptions Understand why the character does what he does Understand why the character reacts

And there is more. . . “Storielyn”/Plot The events in the story Happening to the main chatracter Has a start, climax and resolution Climax - Main event Resolution - Ends the story (could be a anti-climax as well)

Yes, more stuff. . . Tyd en Ruimte / Time and Space Time = The when = could be the 1920’s or the distant future Space = The location where the story takes place Together it creates the world in which the story takes place and the world we get to know as reader

The last bit now. . . “Verteller” / Narrator Who tells the story? Could be a character “Eerstepersoon verteller” (1 st Person narrator - look for “ek” in the story. Usually a character in the story “Derdepersoon verteller” (Third Person narrator) - Not a always a character, but knows everything about everything in the