Literary framework for European teachers

Procedures

• Action Engaging/Thrilling plot, suspense, possibly open endings.
• Chronology The action's chronology may be structured in a non-linear way, time shifts and shifts of perspective are clearly marked.
• Storyline(s) Several storylines clearly interconnected.
• Perspective Different perspectives that are clearly marked.
• Meaning Several layers of meaning, simple, non-ambiguous ideas (the reader tends to read only the first layer of the meaning).

Style

• Vocabulary Simple and familiar. Current, contemporary, mainly everyday language.
• Sentence construction Simple and clear.
• Stylistic Vivid and evocative language, more subtle humour and irony. Basic figures of speech.

Characters

• Character Characters are well-developed, with predictable developments, belong-ing to either familiar experiences or to fantastic worlds.
• Number Few characters. Bigger numbers can be coped with as long as a few main figures offer an orientation for the reader.
• Relations Explicit, non-ambiguous, clearly marked.