THE CONCEPT OF PLOT

CONTENT

1. Meaning and Definition of Plot
2. Features of Plot

Meaning/Definition of Plot

Plot can be seen as the sequential arrangement of events in a literary text. It can also be defined as the arrangement of events in a story to follow a well-taught out plan of the author culminating in the final resolve of the conflicts in the novel.

Kinds of Plot

Plot can take different structures. The structures are linear plot, double-parallel sub-plot and anti-clockwise technique.

1. Linear Plot:

A story with a linear plot moves from a point to the climax and from the climax to a denouement. By denouement we mean the end of a story when the conflict (problem) is resolved. A flashback devise is employed in this kind of plot.

2. Double-parallel Sub-plot:

This is a type of plot that starts a story in two settings. That is, the writer starts his story with a conflict between two different sets of people, but meet at the end of the story. This method is mostly used by Professor Wole Soyinka and the late Chinua Achebe.