Point of View
Point of view, or POV as it is called in the movie industry, is the perspective from which a story is told. How deeply or intimately you wish your readers to be involved in the story will depend on how you decide to use POV. The different kinds of POV include:
- First person - This
is the perspective of the "I" narrator: "I went for a
walk downtown, but I didn't know why."
- Second person - This point of view uses "you" as the perspective: "You went for a walk downtown but you didn't know why."
- Third person - This POV uses "he," "she," or "they" as the perspective: "He went for a walk downtown, but he didn't know why."
POV can shape how your readers place themselves in the story or how they relate to the characters. We will discuss the possiblities and use of perspective in this week's discussion.
Small Groups
Be prepared to discuss the small group process in your online chat. You will then send your group and me any writing (your fiction) or any responses that are due. If you receive any work from your group, you will read their work, answer questions about the work and send the response to the author and to me.Reading
This week we are reading Virginia Woolf's "Kew Gardens." We will read this story and analyze it together in the discussion board. We will use the class critiquing document and the questions below to discuss the story.
Study Questions on "Kew Gardens"
- What happens in the story?
- Why does Woolf use such a wide variety of perspectives?
- How many points of view are represented in the story?
- Why
does the story shift to different points of view?
Assignments:
- Read: Virginia Woolf "Kew Gardens"; post to the discussion and comment on the postings of at least two others.
- Begin Fiction Assignment #3 and send a draft to your small group and instructor by the end of the week for discussion.
- Second online chat with instructor and class in chat room.
- Write two entries in your e-journal.