John Carlo V.

Espinase

BSIT 4A

WORLD LITERATURE(MODULE 1)

1. Setting:

1.1. Place in Paris

1.2. Time- Sometime in 18th century

1.3. Weather Condition- good

1.4. Social Conditions- Mathilde Loisel and her husband was poor

1.5. Mood or Atmosphere- Mathilde is not - contented of her poor life. When she loses the borrowed
diamond necklace, she and her husband become anxious. Then they buy a new one to replace the lost
one, and they live a stressful life in order to pay their debts incurred to buy such necklace.

2. Character:

2.1. Protagonist- Mathilde Loisel

2.2. Antagonist- Mathilde Loisel

2.3. Dynamic- Madam Loisel

2.4. Static- Madam Foreister

2.5. Round- Mathilde Loisel

2.6. Flat- Monsieur Loisel

2.7. Foil- Monsieur Loisel

3. Plot:
3.1 Introduction- Mathilde, the main woman character in this short story, is being described as unhappy
because of her and her husband's being poor.

3.2. Rising Action- The complication starts when she and her husband are invited to a rich people's ball.
She buys a new gown, and to go with it, she borrows an elegant diamond necklace from her friend
Madame

3.3 Climax-The peak of this short story is when Mathilde discovers that she lost the diamond necklace.

3.4 Falling action-To replace the lost diamond necklace, Mathilde and her husband buy another one
exactly the same, for thirty-four thousand francs, from its original price of forty franes, such a very big
amount of money for the couple. The eighteen thousand frames was inherited by her husband from his
father, and the rest of the amount he borrows from various sources

3.5 Denouement The problem resolves itself, though in a negative manner, when Mathilde and Madame
Forestier meet again after ten years, and the latter tells the former that the diamond necklace she
borrowed was fake
4. Conflict:

4.1. Man vs Man- N/A

4.2. Man vs Nature-N/A

4.3. Man vs Society- Mathilde feels that she is born into low standard of living and struggles to be in a
higher class.

4.4. Man vs Himself- Mathilde finds herself originally trapped in a life she despises and then forced to
give the life up for even less because of her vanity.

5. Point-of-view:

5.1. First Person Point of View-N/A

5.2. Second Person Point of View-N/A

5.3. Third Person Point of View- The Story only see the thoughts of Mathilde and her husband.

6. Symbolism of Necklace (5 pts)

The diamond necklace represents Mathilde's desire for yet lack of access to a richer life. Mathilde
spends the evening dancing and making out at the ball, which is all she could possibly want. Around four
in the morning, she finally finds Monsieur Loisel to depart, and he provides her coat as a representation
of her present situation.

WORLD LITERATURE(MODULE 2)

2.1

I. I

1. I.

2. A

3. T

4. B

5. C

6. L

7. Q

8.D
9. N

10. E

11. F

12. O

13. G

14.H

15. J

16. S

17. K

18.M

19. P

20.R

II. Enumeration: Give the answer to the following:

1. Give the different literary theories and approaches (13)

a. Reader Response Approaches by Gerard Prince

b. New Criticism Theory by John Crowe Ranson (1930s – 1960s)

c. Structuralism by Gerald Barthes

d. Autobiographical Approach by Paul de Man

e. Bibliographical Approach

f. Cultural Studies

g. Deconstruction by Jacques Derrida

f. Post Modernism

i. Formalism

j. Russian Formalism

k. Queer Theory

l. Marxism

m. New Historism

2. Main points of study of mythological theory (3)

a. Archetypal Characters
b. Archetypal images

c. Archetypal situations

3. Four ancient elements archetypical images (4)

a. Earth

b. Water

c.Fire

d. Air

2.2

Literary criticism expands your worldview. By examining works of literature through different
approaches to literary criticism, you expand your understanding of the world around you. Each literary
style encourages the critic and reader to consider different perspectives from their own.

Literary criticism helps you better understand literature. Literary criticism can give you the tools to
study, evaluate, and interpret literary works like novels, short stories, and poems. If you want to write a
critical essay or book review about a particular piece of literature, reading other examples of literary
criticism can help you learn how to frame your point of view.

All literary approaches creates opportunities for new styles of writing. With a vast number of
approaches, the practice of literary criticism creates space and context for authors to create works of
literature that push boundaries and break new creative ground.