Elements of Fiction (continued...) (B A 2nd Year Major English)

1.                           Juxtaposition and repetition: the pattern structure of fiction.

·        Juxtaposition and repetition are related to design/pattern/structure of a fiction.

·        Juxtaposition is the repetition of a story with many and single resolution.

·        Repetition is the repeated use of an image, a symbol or an action.

·        Juxtaposition is focus determines the design in plot.

·        Repetition in focus determines the design in meaning.

Juxtaposition and repetition are two different aspects which are related to the structure of design of fiction. Juxtaposition literary means potting together in development of a fiction if write a uses or developed more than one plot, it is called juxtaposition in fiction. In such story more than one plot are parallel developed but in the resolution or ending, all are conclude together on the other hand, repetition is the repeated use of an image, an action or symbol by the writer in a fiction. In such use of repetition there is no juxtaposition but a definite image or symbol becomes important.

Juxtaposition and repetition is very important in determining the structure or design of a fiction. If a fiction has the use of juxtaposition without the use of any repetition plot becomes important and we should analyze the structure of the design with the focuses on plot. But if the writer has used the repetition, plot is not important but it is the meaning that is important. With the help of the repetition, we should analyze the meaning of the fiction and in such fiction meaning becomes structure or the design. So the structure or the design of a fiction is determined by two elements: juxtaposition and repetition. If the focus is over the juxtaposition, plot is the design and if the focus is repetition meaning is the design.

2.                           Meaning in fiction

·        Every text carries out meaning and fiction too has meaning.

·        Meaning is the product of interpretation and intelligent leaders interpret meaning easily.

·        T.S. Eliot claim there is nothing except to be intelligent seems to be right.

·        But except that, there is nothing to help make meaning they are:

1.     title of the next

2.     author's/narrators comment

3.     a special scene or action

4.     use of repetition

Every next caries out meaning and fiction too caries out meaning and meaning is not produced itself but it is the produced of our interpretation of the text. Intelligent readers easily interpret and make meaning. So T.S. Elite's comment "there is nothing to be intelligent" seems to be a right and suitable remake about making meaning of a fiction except our intelligence there are also some other hints which help us to make meaning of the text they are briefly describes below.

1.                 Title of the text-some text has such a title which helps us to guess some meaning. For example the title 'shooting and elephant' more or less gives some idea to guess that the whole story is related to shooting an elephant.

2.                 The author or narrator comment in some stories or other text, there is the comment given by the author or the narrator. By reading such comment, we can guess meaning of the text. Eitzriled's comment about the Great Gatsby helps us to guess that the whole novel about the American society after the 1^st World War.

3.                 a special scene or action -in some texts, a special scene or action can be very helpful to guess it's meaning. The narrator of 'Shooting of an elephant's riding a pony and going to market with the gun is sense that help us to guess a meaning that the story is about British colony in Asia because the narrator is a white man.

4.                 Use of repetition - some texts has the replaced use of an image or an action. Such repetition is also helpful to make meaning in the story called 'clay' the repeated use of Maria's long nose and long chain helps us to guess that the story is related to Maria's life and ugliness.

3.                 Tale

·        Tale is the oldest forms of story. A collective story and the author are unknown.

·        It has oral tradition shifted from generation to generation.

·        Love money of social position used as subject matter

·        But most of the tales are love story either comic of tragic.

·        Good tales have the comic word at first, tragic in the middle and again comic in the ending.

·        Every tale has the use of ironic in plot.

Tale is the oldest form of story because it is an orally transmitted that one generation to another generation. As an early forms of story tale is collected story which is anonymous identity of the author and such story has completely oral tradition. In tale love money and social position and are the subject matter in general but most of the tales are love stories and they have both comic and tragic resolution. In other words, take may have happy ending as well as the possibility of sad ending. Good tales are those storied which have the combination of both comic and tragic elements. The plot of good tale begins with comic atmosphere but in the middle part there is the tragic atmosphere and finally there is comic ending like in the window of Ephesus.

All tales have the use of irony in the plot. Irony is the contrast or opposite between appearance and reality. In other words irony means the difference between that looks like true and what is the exact true. In the tale the window of Ephesus, there is irony in plot because there is contrast between what the window says and what see finally does in the story.