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plot, character, setting, conflict, theme = elements to have as lenses for IOC (=concrete elements of fiction)
Plot = series of events/ actions occurring in story, types of conflicts occurring, accumulation of dramatic events. Many stories have diff. variations of same plot (ex. impossible love); "the quest" = plots like in GOT / LOTR/Odyssey = someone is after smthing (treasure/artefact/getting home etc), ppl have always liked them, as w. comedies/ tragedies/ horror stories/ love stories but writers must avoid cliches when inventing new stories in classic genres (cliche = literary device/ structure used so often has lost some of artistic sig. and fails to affect audience); "overcoming monster" = plot incl.ing threatening predator w. abnormal/dangerous thing/ person; "rags to riches" = involves imprvments of character; "voyage and return" = characters end up in strange place, must get home; "comedy" = makes us laugh; "tragedy" = sad, unjust; "rebirth" = characters goes through change. discovers truth
Setting = backdrop against which action of story occurs, can describe both physical/ emotional landscape of wrk; largely determines plausibility of events/ context in which we can interpret them, can shape characters and mirror ideas of their time; is internal context of story, usually reflects story's atmosphere (describing story's mood), setting acts as mirror of zeitgeist (tidsanda) of times in which story occurs, lays down expectations for reader.
Setting can allow us to escape own realities (espec. in fiction, engage readers by creating setting diff. from own wrld (=escapist settings, often end up reflecting/ commenting on reality of reader as s-/he has to escape it)). Alienation can also be produced by hostile setting, appealing to basic needs shelter, warmth, love in fascinating way
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