Close reading unseen prose fiction: narration, focalisation and structure

What this note covers

1. Narrator, focaliser and narrative distance
2. Setting as social and psychological organisation
3. Characterisation through action, speech and omission
4. Time, order and structural revelation
5. Diction, syntax and prose rhythm
6. Writing a cumulative prose interpretation

6 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes