The structure of the literary work

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The structure of the literary
work.

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• The idea of a literary work. Once analyzing any kind of
literary work,
• firstly, we pay attention to the idea of writing. Initially, the
word ''idea''
• comes from Greeks and means '' a prototype, an ideal''.
However, in literature it is a bit different. The idea is a
foremost thought that generalizes
• the semantic, figurative and emotional content of a literary
work. Idea of

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• literary work is divided into 2 elements1
• . They are:
• 1. author’s idea
• 2. objective idea
• Each author when he writes he wants to convey his thoughts and
views
• through his work to readers. In any literary text author's utterance,
author's
• notion is always heard. Notwithstanding, these utterances and
notions are

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• revealed in different ways. Sometimes through actions of characters,
• sometimes through plot, composition, author's speech, or even through
the
• portrait of nature. It depends on author's volition.
• Objective idea is a concept consisting of the analysis of the author's
and
• readers' idea. Simply put, we need to know author's intention and
readers'
• interpretation in order to find some important intersection points.
Author
• wants it or not objective idea will always be reflected in the text.
• There are many ideas expressed in literature. We can divide them into
2 types:

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• 1.Logical ideas. Logical ideas are concepts that are easily transmitted
• without imaginative means. We are able to perceive them with the
intellect.
• Logical ideas are characteristic of documentary literature.
• 2.Abstract ideas. Philosophical and social generalizations, ideas,
analyzes of
• causes and effects, that is, abstract elements are characteristic for
fiction
• novels and stories.

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• In order to understand the main idea of literary work we ought to
• follow all its ideological substances, namely, the author's estimation
of
• episodes and characters, author's ideal and pathos. Solely under this
• condition we can judge him correctly, about his strength and
weakness,
• about the nature and roots of the discrepancy existing in him.
• The plot of a literary work. The plot is a system of events that
• make up the content of a work of art, interconnected with the
characters.

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• Plot exists in all epic, dramatic and lyric types of literary work. In
every
• literary genre plot has its own character.
• In many lyric works, there is no clear system of plot. Their feelings
• and thoughts are, in a sense, the plot of a lyrical masterpiece. Some
• literary critics believe that subjectivity is not characteristic of lyrics at
all.
• Because the lyric works may not have a system of events.
• 1 Hoffman, Frederick, J. Freudianism and the Literary Mind,
Louisiana State University Press, 1945;

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• Summary of literary work. Summary is a form of writing that
• explains and summarizes something. It can be a body of analysis or a
• literary work. In summary we not only interpret or summarize the
work,
• we can also add some extra information. This helps readers to
understand
• work better.
• Summary basics. While writing the summary of any literary work
• students should include all main ideas of work. But it is no need to
• include all details of masterpiece. If student writes summary with all
details,

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• it would take too much space.
• Another aspect that might be difficult, especially while summarizing
• debatable material, is to leave your opinion out. It is necessary
because
• summaries contain source's ideas. Only stating your own ideas and
opinions
• about work is not summarizing. Summaries are not outlines. They are
fully
• formed sentences.
• In many stories the main plot is accompanied by a subplot – a second
story
• that is complete in its own right. The subplot is usually linked in some
way to

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• events in the main plot and generally helps to deepen our
understanding of it.
• Character. Literature allows us to look into the lives of endless
collection of
• men and women. This collection usually forms the literary characters.
• The central character of the plot is called the protagonist. Without this
• character there would be no story. The character against whom the
protagonist
• struggles is called the antagonist. In many novels, however, the
antagonist is not
• the human being.

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• The terms protagonist and antagonist do not have moral connotations
and
• therefore should not be confused with “hero” and “villain”. Many
protagonists are
• a mixture of good and evil elements.
• Other characters in the story may be referred to as major or minor
characters,
• depending on the importance of their roles in developing the plot.
• Round characters, like real people, have complex, multi-dimensional
• personalities. They show emotional and intellectual depth and are
capable of
• growing and changing. Major characters in fiction are usually round.
• Flat characters embody or represent single characteristic. They are the

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• miser, the bully, the jealous lover, the endless optimist. They may also
be referred
• to as types or as caricatures when distorted for humorous purposes.
Flat
• characters are usually minor characters. The term “flat” should not be
confused
• with “insignificant” or “badly drawn”. A flat character may in fact be
the
• protagonist of the story, in particular when the writer wishe