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GENRE
BY: GROUP 6
ROUND OR FLAT, MAJOR OR MINOR
• CHARACTERS CAN BE MAJOR OR MINOR. THE DIFFERENCE IS IN
THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AND ATTENTION THEY RECEIVE IN THE
STORY.
• A MAJOR CHARACTER IS USUALLY GIVEN MUCH DEVELOPMENT,
MORE CONFLICTS TO RESOLVE, MORE BACKGROUND STORY, AND
USUALLY MORE ACTION.
• A MINOR CHARACTER USUALLY SERVES AS CERTAIN PURPOSE TO
MOVE A PLOT, BUT IS NOT AS DEVELOPED AND EXPLORED AS A
MAJOR CHARACTER.
• CHARACTERS CAN BE SIMPLE OR COMPLEX. THE ENGLISH
NOVELIST E. M. FORSTER. IN HIS BOOK ASPECTS OF THE
NOVEL, DISTINGUISHES THESE CHARACTERS AS FLAT (FOR
SIMPLE) AND ROUND (FOR COMPLEX).
• FLAT CHARACTERS ARE EASILY RECOGNIZED BY YOUR
“EMOTIONAL EYE”, THEY ARE USUALLY CONSTRUCTED
AROUND A SINGLE IDEA OR QUALITY.
• ROUND CHARACTERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO SURPRISE YOU IN A CONVINCING AND EVEN
INEVITAVBLE WAY. THEY ARE RICHER, DEEPER, MORE
COMPLEX, MORE MYSTERIOUS, AND MORE UNPREDICTABLE
THAN FLAT CHARACTERS.
FRYE’S MODE OF FICTION
• FRYE WAS A CANADIAN LITERARY CRITIC AND LITERARY
THEORIST WHO WROTE THE BOOK ANATOMY OF CRITICISM
TO HELP CATEGORIZE WORKS OF FICTION.
• BASICALLY, FRYE SAID THAT THERE ARE FIVE CATEGORIES
OF FICTION BASED ON THE HERO’S POWER OF FICTION. THIS
CATEGORIES ARE THE FOLLOWING:
• 1. MYTH IS A STORY MODE WHERE THE HERO IS A DIVINE BEING
WITH AN ABILITY THAT IS SUPERIOR IN “KIND” TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE. THINK, FOR
EXAMPLE, OF LAM-ANG AND HERCULES.
• 2. ROMANCE IS A STORY MODE WHERE THE HERO HAS MARVELOUS
ACTIONS, BUT WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS A HUMAN BEING WITH AN
ABILITY SUPERIOR IN “DEGREE” TO OTHER PEOPLE AND TO HIS
ENVIRONMENT.
• 3. HIGH MIMETIC IS A STORY MODE WHERE THE HERO IS A LEADER
WITH AN ABILITY SUPERIOR IN DEGREE TO OTHER PEOPLE “BUT
NOT TO HIS ENVIRONMENT.” TRE HERO HAS AUTHORIT, PASSIONS,
AND POWERS OF EXPRESSION FAR GREATER THAN OTHERS, BUT
WHAT HE DOES IS SUBJECT TO BOTH SOCIAL CRITICISM AND THE
ORDER OF NATURE.
• 4. LOW MIMETIC IS A STORY MODE WHERE THE HERO IS ONE
OF US, WITH AN ABILITY THAT IS SUPERIOR “NEITHER” TO
OTHER PEOPLE NOR THE ENVIRONMENT.