LITERARY ELEMENT, STRUCTURES, AND TRADITION

• ELEMENT OF SHORT STORY

  1. SETTING
  2. CHARACTER
  3. CONFLICT
  4. PLOT
  5. THEME
• CHARACTER - A person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story
• MAIN CHARACTERS - The most important in the story
• MINOR CHARACTERS - Usually static or Unchanging
• PROTAGONIST - the character with whom the reader empathizes
• ANTAGONIST - Is the character that goes against the protagonist
• CHARACTERIZATION - Is the method used by the author to reveal the personality of the character
• The characters are revealed according to:

  1. Action of the character
  2. Thoughts of the character
  3. Description of the character
  4. Description of other characters
  5. Description of the author