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Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. This project was started by my Introduction to Literature class at USF, during the fall of 2000. Feel free to define or add your own terms. | Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. This project was started by my Introduction to Literature class at USF, during the fall of 2000. Feel free to define or add your own terms. | ||
== Allegory to Atmosphere == | |||
* [[allegory]] | * [[allegory]] | ||
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* [[archetype]] | * [[archetype]] | ||
* [[atmosphere]] | * [[atmosphere]] | ||
== Canon to Convention == | |||
* [[canon]] | * [[canon]] | ||
* <i>[[catharsis]]</i> | * <i>[[catharsis]]</i> | ||
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* [[conflict]] | * [[conflict]] | ||
* [[convention]] | * [[convention]] | ||
== Deconstruction to Diatribe == | |||
* [[deconstruction]] | * [[deconstruction]] | ||
* <i>[[dénouement]]</i> | * <i>[[dénouement]]</i> | ||
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* <i>[[deus ex machina]]</i> | * <i>[[deus ex machina]]</i> | ||
* [[diatribe]] | * [[diatribe]] | ||
== Epic Poetry to Exposition == | |||
* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | * [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | ||
* [[epigraph]] | * [[epigraph]] | ||
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* [[exegesis]] | * [[exegesis]] | ||
* [[exposition]] | * [[exposition]] | ||
== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula == | |||
* [[flashback]] | * [[flashback]] | ||
* [[foil]] | * [[foil]] | ||
* [[foreshadowing]] | * [[foreshadowing]] | ||
* [[Freytag’s Formula]] | * [[Freytag’s Formula]] | ||
== Genre to Irony == | |||
* [[genre]] | * [[genre]] | ||
* <i>[[hamartia]]</i> | * <i>[[hamartia]]</i> | ||
* [[hubris]] | * [[hubris]] | ||
* [[hypertext | * [[hypertext] | ||
* [[imagery]] | * [[imagery]] | ||
* [[inciting action]] | * [[inciting action]] | ||
* <i>[[in medias res]]</i> | * <i>[[in medias res]]</i> | ||
* [[irony]] | * [[irony]] | ||
* [[ | |||
== Melodrama to Myth == | |||
* [[melodrama]] | |||
* [[metaphor]] | * [[metaphor]] | ||
* [[metonymy]] | * [[metonymy]] | ||
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* [[mood]] | * [[mood]] | ||
* [[myth]] | * [[myth]] | ||
== Narration to Oration == | |||
* [[narration]] | * [[narration]] | ||
* [[narrative]] | * [[narrative]] | ||
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* [[onomatopoeia]] | * [[onomatopoeia]] | ||
* [[oration]] | * [[oration]] | ||
== Pace to Protagonist == | |||
* [[pace]] | * [[pace]] | ||
* [[paradox]] | * [[paradox]] | ||
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* [[prose]] | * [[prose]] | ||
* [[protagonist]] | * [[protagonist]] | ||
== Reader Response to Rising Action == | |||
* [[Reader Response Criticism]] | * [[Reader Response Criticism]] | ||
* [[resolution]] | * [[resolution]] | ||
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* [[rhyme]] | * [[rhyme]] | ||
* [[rising action]] | * [[rising action]] | ||
== Satire to Syntax == | |||
* [[satire]] | * [[satire]] | ||
* [[science fiction]] | * [[science fiction]] | ||
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* [[symbol]] | * [[symbol]] | ||
* [[syntax]] | * [[syntax]] | ||
==Text to Zeugma == | |||
* [[text]] | * [[text]] | ||
* [[theme]] | * [[theme]] | ||
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* [[trope]] | * [[trope]] | ||
* [[verisimilitude]] | * [[verisimilitude]] | ||
* [[zeugma]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris. | * [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris. | ||
* [http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College. | * [http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College. | ||
== Bibliography == | |||
Revision as of 12:19, 9 October 2004
Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. This project was started by my Introduction to Literature class at USF, during the fall of 2000. Feel free to define or add your own terms.
Allegory to Atmosphere
Canon to Convention
Deconstruction to Diatribe
Epic Poetry to Exposition
Flashback to Freytag’s Formula
Genre to Irony
- genre
- hamartia
- hubris
- [[hypertext]
- imagery
- inciting action
- in medias res
- irony
Melodrama to Myth
Narration to Oration
Pace to Protagonist
Reader Response to Rising Action
Satire to Syntax
- satire
- science fiction
- semantics
- setting
- short story
- simile
- stream of consciousness
- style
- subplot
- surrealism
- symbol
- syntax
Text to Zeugma
External Links
- Elements of Literature — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
- Glossary of Literary Terms — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
- Glossary of Literary Terms — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
- Literary Dictionary — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
- Literary Terms — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
- Literary Terms — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
- Virtual Salt — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
- Words of Art — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.