Narrative Elements

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Took the stuff from the whiteboard (photos below) and tried to organize it, and add in some from Linde — labels and groupings are tentative.  Some things are repeated because…they can fit more than one place. Comments and revisions encouraged. CONTEXT Indexicality System of coherence  (Linde) Intertextuality Background knowledge (expected/assumed/required) Cultural setting Genre Frame Audience […]

Fish

February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

My friend wanted a photo of my pet fish, so I snapped one and annotated it with notes on Flickr. Click on the image to go to the “story.” I’m still not deeply comfortable with personal narrative, as such.