Here, then, is my five-dimensional map for exploring narrative: Setting Time, place, circumstances; the “givens” (immutable dimensions) of the story-world Character Especially the protagonist, with whom most readers identify Plot Arc of tension, completed by crisis leading to resolution of initial problem Point of View Authorial evaluation of plot/character/setting (expressing the ideology (world and life view) of the author) Medium Material form of the story (oral, written, film,
