The document defines and provides examples of various literary elements and devices found in stories, including "Rikki-tikki-tavi". It discusses key elements like characters, setting, point of view, conflict and theme. It also explains common literary devices such as foreshadowing, flashback, irony, figurative language, symbolism, and repetition. The document uses the story of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" to illustrate these concepts for students.
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21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
- 21st Literary Genre. It also includes conventional genres such as Poetry, Drama, Fiction, and Non-Fiction. A series of Genres are used in the 21st Century era to accommodate the readers' attention. It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.
2. A literary genre which combines three media: book, movie/video and internet website. New literary work created last decade
written by contemporary authors that deals with current themes/issues and reflects a technological culture
often breaks traditional writing rule
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2. Literary Elements
Refers to an aspect of a whole text
Not characteristic of the author, but present
throughout all works of literature
Theme, conflict, setting, characters, point of view, etc…
5. Characters
Who is the protagonist, the main character?
Rikki-tikki-tavi
How would you describe him?
Brave
Smart
Curious
Fast
6. Characters
Who is the antagonist? Who opposes the
protagonist?
Nag/Nagaina
How are they described
in the story?
Evil
Dangerous
Protective (of each other and eggs)
7. Minor Characters
The Family
Teddy
The Big Man
Alice (Teddy’s Mother)
Rikki’s Friends
Darzee
Darzee’s Wife
Chuchundra (The muskrat)
8. Setting
Where did the story occur?
In and around a large bungalow in Segowlee, India
When?
The time period is not
directly told to us in the
story, but it can be inferred
that it took place some
time during the British
colonization of India
9. From what point of view was the story told?
First-Person?
Was the story told by one of the characters, only revealing
his/her sights and thoughts?
Third-Person Objective?
Is the narrator an outsider who can only report what he sees
and hears (cannot report the feelings of others)?
Third-Person Limited?
Is the narrator an outsider who can see into the mind of only
one character?
Omniscient?
Is the narrator an outsider who seems all knowing, capable of
looking into the minds of all characters?
Point of View
X
X
X
✔
10. Point of View
The following passage illustrates the point of
view:
“He was afraid for the minute; but it is impossible for a
mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time, and
though Rikki-tikki had never met a live cobra before, his
mother had fed him on dead ones, and he knew that all a
grown mongoose's business in life was to fight and eat
snakes. Nag knew that too, and at the bottom of his cold
heart he was afraid.”
The narrator can see into the heads of both
characters, reporting their thoughts and feelings.
11. Conflict
Types of Conflict
Man vs. Man
External conflict between two like beings; hero vs. villain
Man vs. Nature
External conflict between a character and forces of nature
Man vs. Society
External conflict between a character or characters and social
traditions/concepts
Man vs. Self
Internal conflict between a character and his own will,
confusion, or fears; self-discovery; redemption
12. Conflict
What is the conflict in this story?
The cobras want to regain control and superiority in
the garden and plan to do so by killing the family and
then Rikki. Rikki wants to protect himself and the
family by killing the snakes.
What type is this?
Man vs. Man (or rather
Creature vs. Creature)
13. Theme
A theme is the main idea or message conveyed by
the piece
What were the central ideas of the story?
Courage – The story emphasized the courage of Rikki and
contrasted that with the cowardice of Chuchundra the
muskrat
Loyalty – Rikki displays loyalty towards the family as well
as to his duty as a mongoose
Survival – Survival is the motivating factor behind the
actions of all characters involved. Even the cobras killed
only for food and to protect their way of life.
14. Theme
Was there a lesson or moral to be learned?
Self-reliance, loyalty, courage, and common sense will
help you overcome obstacles
15. Mood
Mood refers to the general sense or feeling the
reader is supposed to get from the text. It does
not describe the author’s or characters’ state of
mind.
What kind of mood do you sense in the story?
The bulk of the story is suspenseful as the conflict
develops, but the end delivers relief and joy as the
garden and the family celebrate the end of Nag and
Nagaina
16. Tone
Tone describes the apparent attitude of the
speaker or narrator toward the subject. It refers
only to the narrative voice; not to the author or
characters
What tone is displayed in “Rikki-tikki-tavi”?
The tone is at times serious and frightening, but also
reflects Rikki’s playful side
17. Literary Devices
Literary devices are techniques used by the
author to convey ideas and emotions to the
audience
Unlike literary elements, they are not necessarily
present in all works of literature
Metaphors, similes, foreshadowing, etc…
18. Literary Worksheet
Split students into small groups and have each
group come up with examples for a few of the
literary devices.
19. Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing occurs when future events in a
story are suggested by the author before they
actually happened.
For example, in “Rikki-tikki-tavi”:
"He'll do no such thing," said the father. "Teddy's safer
with that little beast than if he had a bloodhound to
watch him. If a snake came into the nursery now--"
The statement by the father foreshadows the conflict
with Nag and Nagaina that occurs later in the story
20. Flashback
A flashback takes the narrative back in time to an
earlier point in the story.
Often used to create suspense or develop a
character
Two Types in Literature
Internal: flashback to an earlier point in the narrative
External: flashback to before the narrative started
21. Flashback
Examples of Flashback:
“Palmer tried to hold the moment there, but it would
not stay. It tunneled back through time and burst up
into this same field three years before, the first
Saturday in August, when the grass was streaked with
red and guns were booming and birds were falling.”
(p. 17) Wringer (Jerry Spinelli)
In the television show Lost, flashbacks help to tell the
stories of most of the characters
22. Irony
Irony is a literary device in which a statement,
person, or situation is not as it seems
Types
Verbal: when a speaker says one thing but means
another (Sarcasm is a common example)
Dramatic: giving the audience pieces of information
that some characters in the story are not aware of
Situational: discrepancy between expected results and
actual results
23. Irony
Examples
Verbal:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
"Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man".
Mark Antony really means that Brutus is dishonorable
Dramatic
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
When Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to
be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover
beside her, Juliet then kills herself.
24. Irony
Situational
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge
“Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink “
It is ironic that water is everywhere but none of it can be
drunk
25. Figurative Language
Descriptive language that is not meant to be
taken literally, but to create imagery
Metaphor – direct comparison of unrelated subjects
Equates two ideas despite their differences
“All the World’s a Stage” - Shakespeare
Simile – uses words such as “like” or “as” to compare
ideas
Allows two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their
similarities
“My love is like a red, red rose” – Robert Burns
26. Symbolism
Symbolism is the use of specific objects or images
to represent abstract ideas
For example, in “Rikki-tikki-tavi”, Rikki’s “red
and hot” eyes represent his anger
27. Repetition
There are several kinds of repetition where
words, phrases, or sounds are repeated for a
stronger emphasis by the author.
Anaphora – repetition of word or phrase at beginning
of every clause
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing
grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall
fight in the hills, we shall never surrender.“ (Winston
Churchill)
28. Repetitition
Alliteration - the repetition of similar sounds, usually
consonants, at the beginning of words.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers …"
Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds within
phrases or sentences
On a proud round cloud in a white high night
- E.E. Cummings,
Consonance – repetition of consonants with different
vowel sounds
“A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me” – Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe
29. Hyperbole/Understatement
Hyperbole – exaggeration; used to create
emphasis
“Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Concord Hymn
Understatement – writer deliberately makes a
situation seem less important than it is
“It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the
brain.” —J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
30. Personification
Type of figurative language that describes
something which isn’t human as having human
qualities
“Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was
no one there.” – English proverb
Anthropomorphism is a literary device that
takes this idea a little bit further, giving uniquely
human characteristics to non-humans
“Rikki-tikki-tavi” is based entirely on this device.
The animals all talk, plan, and are even implicated as being
good or evil
31. Allusion
Figure of speech that makes a reference to a place,
event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either
directly or by implication
"As the cave's roof collapsed, he was
swallowed up in the dust like Jonah, and
only his frantic scrabbling behind a wall
of rock indicated that there was anyone
still alive".
In the sentence above, “Jonah” is an
allusion to the biblical story of Jonah and
the whale
33. Credits
All Rikki-tikki-tavi pictures are from
http://www.fantasykat.com/shows/rikkitikki.html
Literary elements diagram: http://kimskorner4teachertalk.com
Quiet irony: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/irony
No smoking:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Situational_irony.jpg
Jonah and the Whale:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjamin_marra_illustrations/2416100795/
Editor's Notes
As you go through the devices, have the students try to list some examples of each that they have seen in literature, movies, or even television
In the picture, notice on the wall behind the no smoking sign that the profile of a man smoking is repeated.