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Tropes and Scope, Class 1 [third period]
The students would find that the room was set up like a normal classroom today, with desks facing the front of the room. Belle had plans for this to eventually change, but for her very first day of teaching, she thought it would probably be fine. (Not that she'd gone over her lesson plans and classroom setup and over it and over it again to make sure she wasn't missing a crucial detail. It was her first time teaching, after all. She was allowed a bit of nervousness.)
When it seemed as though all the students had arrived, Belle curled up on top of her desk, tucking her feet under herself and smiling beatifically at the class. "Hello! Welcome to Tropes and Scope. This class is going to, hopefully, help you to not only appreciate literature -- and I don't just mean books -- but also see its connections throughout everything in our lives. Have you ever noticed how many fictional characters seem to echo one another? How many fairytales seem to teach the same lesson? How many damsels are in eerily similar forms of distress? This isn't a coincidence. We're going to spend a lot of time talking about these ideas -- archetypes, tropes, commonalities across human storytelling."
Belle took a breath, and added, "But not today. For today, I'd like you to just introduce yourselves -- your name, where you're from, and what kinds of stories you like the best. I can go first." She straightened up a little, because introductions and first impressions were everything. "My name is Belle. I don't want anyone to try and use 'Professor' -- just Belle is fine. I'm from France," never mind her total middle-American accent -- "and I love adventures. Anything with action, and drama, and intrigue." She gave a happy sigh, before looking around and picking a student at random. "And now you."
When it seemed as though all the students had arrived, Belle curled up on top of her desk, tucking her feet under herself and smiling beatifically at the class. "Hello! Welcome to Tropes and Scope. This class is going to, hopefully, help you to not only appreciate literature -- and I don't just mean books -- but also see its connections throughout everything in our lives. Have you ever noticed how many fictional characters seem to echo one another? How many fairytales seem to teach the same lesson? How many damsels are in eerily similar forms of distress? This isn't a coincidence. We're going to spend a lot of time talking about these ideas -- archetypes, tropes, commonalities across human storytelling."
Belle took a breath, and added, "But not today. For today, I'd like you to just introduce yourselves -- your name, where you're from, and what kinds of stories you like the best. I can go first." She straightened up a little, because introductions and first impressions were everything. "My name is Belle. I don't want anyone to try and use 'Professor' -- just Belle is fine. I'm from France," never mind her total middle-American accent -- "and I love adventures. Anything with action, and drama, and intrigue." She gave a happy sigh, before looking around and picking a student at random. "And now you."
Re: Introductions!
Re: Introductions!
In response to her other question, he shrugged. "Having the suspense NOT be resolved all the time would be just as unrealistic as wanting it always resolved. I like stories where the plot makes sense, and the characters' actions are realistic."
If his own story were a work of fiction, he'd probably hate it.