Literary framework for European teachers

Procedures

• Action Different rhythms of action: descriptions, reflections, dialogues, monologues.
• Chronology Several timelines, non-chronological storyline.
• Storyline(s) Several storylines, not explicitly interconnected.
• Perspective Several perspectives are acceptable if they are not too experimental.
• Meaning Texts with a certain degree of ambiguity and with different reading keys, themes related to philosophical and religious issues, even allegoric narrative. Some space left for reflection.

Style

• Vocabulary The vocabulary is nuanced and may contain some words that are unknown to the reader. Slightly extended lexicon.
• Sentence construction The syntax is neither banal nor too complex and too experimental. The sentences may be long but clearly structured.
• Stylistic Stylistic diversity and richness, imagery, irony, allusions etc. rather transparent. Some ambiguity.

Characters

• Character The book allows the reader to keep a distance from the characters. On the whole the characters can be more ambivalent and diverse, less apt for identification.
• Number A number of characters can be dealt with, if their relationships are clearly defined.
• Relations There may be ambiguous relationships, surprising evolutions in characters dynamics.