Reading & Discussion, Class 3

Characterization can be:

• Full and Partial

• Animate and Inanimate

• Direct and Indirect

• Metaphorical and Actual

He met an old woman on his way home and helped her cross the street.

• Direct

• Indirect

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the next room. Tell the others right away, "No, I don't want to watch TV!" Raise your voice--they won't hear you otherwise--"I'm reading! I don't want to be disturbed!" Maybe they haven't heard you, with all that racket; speak louder, yell: "I'm beginning to read Italo Calvino's new novel!" Or if you prefer, don't say anything; just hope they'll leave you alone.

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third person

What can be used to describe a character?

• Other people's opinion

• Environment

• Sounds in their name

• Design of their bedroom

In Nocturne by Kazuo Ishiguro characters:

• Are both confident and know what they want

• Are both strong personalities with prominent traits

• Are hard to define, since they are unstable

• Are colorless and have no personality

According to Nabokov, a good reader:

•   Should feel everything his characters feel

• Should ignore all the feelings in a text

• Should be curious about a text and trust every word there

• Should be able to imagine the text without falling into it

Which type of narration is often the most unreliable?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third person

Who is an unreliable narrator?

• A narrator who is always consistent in their storytelling
• An unreliable narrator is a character who tells the story but whose credibility has been seriously compromised.
• A narrator who is universally trusted by all characters in the story
• A reliable narrator who always tells the truth

The depiction of history in The Visit to the Museum by Vladimir Nabokov is:

• Serious, celebrating

• Playful

• Humorous, ridiculing

What is

characterization?

• Characterization is the process of creating and developing a plot in a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of creating and developing a setting in a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of creating and developing a theme in a story or play.
• Characterization is the process of creating and developing a character in a story or play.