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Handlung (f) |
plot |
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Definition |
Umsetzung innerseelischer Willensäußerungen
in die Tat, in der Epik und bes. als unentbehrliche Ursache der Konflikte im
Drama (-> Einheit der Handlung). Nach ihrem Aufbau unterscheidet man ->
steigende Handlung bis zur -> Peripetie und -> fallende Handlung bis
zur -> Katastrophe, nach der Wichtigkeit innerhalb des Stückes ->
Haupthandlung und in diese verwobene -> Nebenhandlung, ferner -> äußere
Handlung, -> Vordergrunds-Handlung als Ereignisablauf und -> innere
Handlung als seelisch-geistige, sittliche u.ä. Entwicklung |
An author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to
shape the action and give the story a particular focus. Discussions of plot
include not just what happens, but also how and why things happen the way
they do. Stories that are written in a pyramidal pattern divide the plot into
three essential parts. The first part is the rising action, in which
complication creates some sort of conflict for the protagonist. The second
part is the climax, the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative,
usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action
reverses to become the falling action. The third part, the falling action (or
resolution) is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of
the plot’s conflicts and complications. Plot (or conflict) may be internal or external and is best seen in
(1) Man in conflict with another Man: (2) Man in conflict in Nature; (3) Man
in conflict with self. The Neo-Aristotelians (or Chicago School of Critics) have described
plot as the author’s control of the reader’s emotional responses – his
arousal of the reader’s interest and anxiety and the careful control of that
anxiety over a duration of time. |
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Reference |
Gero von Wilpert, Sachwörterbuch der Literatur,
311 |
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_p.htm; http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/conflict.html
; Encyclopedia Britannica (s.v. plot) |
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Usage |
+ ADJ: bewegt (fast-moving),
bizarr, durchgehend, einfach, erzählt, gegenläufig, sparsam, ... + V: ... |
Collocations + ADJ:
barely coherent (zusammenhanglos), believable (glaubwürdig),
carefully developed/constructed (wohlaufgebaut), central (Haupt-),
classic (klassisch), clear (klar) complex (komplex),
complicated (kompliziert), confused (verworren), conventional
(konventionell), disjointed (zusammenhanglos, zerstückelt),
double, exciting (aufregend), fast-moving, flimsy
(dünn, dürftig), fresh (neu, originell), good (gut),
hackneyed (abgedroschen), interesting (interessant), loose (...), light (...),
implausible (unwahrscheinlich, unplausibel), improbable (unwahrscheinlich),
insubstantial (dürftig, dünn, unbedeutend), intricate (kompliziert),
involved (kompliziert), main (Haupt-), masterfully constructed
(meisterhaft konstruiert), original (originell), poor (dürftig,
armselig), predictable (vorhersehbar, leicht durchschaubar),
secondary (Neben-), serious (ernst, ernsthaft), simple (einfach),
single, slight (sparsam,
unbedeutend), sound (vernünftig), (the) standard, straightforward (einfach,
simpel), threadbare (dünn, ohne jedes Interesse), thrilling (spannend),
tight (dicht), tightly
woven, unidirectional well-developed (wohlaufgebaut),
well-written (...) + V(o): adapt
(adaptieren, anpassen), advance (vorantreiben), complicate (komplizieren),
construct (aufbauen), find (finden), invent (erfinden),
make (aufbauen), simplify (vereinfachen), take a plot from (übernehmen) + V(s): thicken Phraseology adapt the plot to one’s audience / age Examples The building of the cathedral at Santa Fe is the core of the slight plot. Twin separated by birth sounds like a hackneyed plot but not in the capable hands of Anne Enright Ms. Cooper creates a fresh plot that makes this story a real page-turner The plot, threadbare and disjointed, is an afterthought at best, cobbled together from various Hitchcock classics. Brave New World is partly a statement of ideas
and only partly a story with a plot. |
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Geschehen, -> äußere Handlung, -> äußeres Geschehen |
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4.2. Elemente
der Handlung
plot
twists, plot holes, plot flaws, plot devices, simply plotted, loose plotting,
subplot (a. bye plot), development of the plot (N.B.: these words were thrown up by an analysis of the noun
plot; they will have to be given their own entries in the glossary)
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Spielhandlung (f),
Spielgeschehen |
plot |
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Triebfeder der Handlung |
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Zeitraum |
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einen
Zeitraum umspannen von |
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aufrollen |
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(s.o.’s) management of the
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the
resolution of the plot
[1] For an introduction to the
vocabulary of literary analysis, see Rotter/Bendl, Your Companion to English
Literary Texts and E. Werlich, Wörterbuch der Textanalyse.