Week2

• Emphasis on Text 文本
• Plot
  Plot is a narrative (traditionally, literary) term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly: as they relate to one another in a pattern or in a sequence; as they relate to each other through cause and effect; how the reader views the story; or simply by coincidence.
  
• ProtagonistThe protagonist (from Ancient Greek ,meaning "player of the first part, chief actor") or main character is a narrative's central or primary personal figure, who comes into conflict with an opposing major character or force (called the antagonist).
• Allegory
  As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended metaphor.Allegories are typically used as literary devices or rhetorical devices that convey hidden meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, and/or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey.
• AntiheroAn antihero or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.
• NovellaA novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. A novella generally features fewer conflicts than a novel, yet more complicated ones than a short story. 
• Paper or plastic?
  Cash or change?