Literary Terms: Difference between revisions
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== Allegory to Bathos == | == Allegory to Bathos == | ||
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* [[allegory]] | * [[allegory]] | ||
* [[alliteration]] | * [[alliteration]] | ||
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* [[atmosphere]] | * [[atmosphere]] | ||
* [[ballad]] | * [[ballad]] | ||
* | * ''[[bathos]]'' | ||
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== Canon to Convention == | == Canon to Convention == | ||
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* [[canon]] | * [[canon]] | ||
* | * ''[[catharsis]]'' | ||
* [[character]] | * [[character]] | ||
* [[climax]] | * [[climax]] | ||
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* [[conflict]] | * [[conflict]] | ||
* [[convention]] | * [[convention]] | ||
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== Deconstruction to Diatribe == | == Deconstruction to Diatribe == | ||
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* [[deconstruction]] | * [[deconstruction]] | ||
* [[dénouement]] | * [[dénouement]] | ||
* [[description]] | * [[description]] | ||
* | * ''[[deus ex machina]]'' | ||
* [[diatribe]] | * [[diatribe]] | ||
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== Epic Poetry to Exposition == | == Epic Poetry to Exposition == | ||
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* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | * [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | ||
* [[epigraph]] | * [[epigraph]] | ||
* [[epiphany]] | * [[epiphany]] | ||
* | * ''[[ethos]]'' | ||
* [[exegesis]] | * [[exegesis]] | ||
* [[exposition]] | * [[exposition]] | ||
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== Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula == | == Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula == | ||
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* [[fantasy]] | * [[fantasy]] | ||
* [[fiction]] | * [[fiction]] | ||
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* [[foreshadowing]] | * [[foreshadowing]] | ||
* [[Freytag’s Formula]] | * [[Freytag’s Formula]] | ||
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== Genre to Lyric == | == Genre to Lyric == | ||
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* [[genre]] | * [[genre]] | ||
* | * ''[[hamartia]]'' | ||
* [[hero]] | * [[hero]] | ||
* [[heroic ideal]] | * [[heroic ideal]] | ||
* | * ''[[hubris]]'' | ||
* [[hypertext]] | * [[hypertext]] | ||
* [[hypertext fiction]] | * [[hypertext fiction]] | ||
* [[imagery]] | * [[imagery]] | ||
* [[inciting action]] | * [[inciting action]] | ||
* | * ''[[in medias res]]'' | ||
* [[irony]] | * [[irony]] | ||
* [[literary criticism]] | * [[literary criticism]] | ||
* [[literary theory]] | * [[literary theory]] | ||
* | * ''[[logos]]'' | ||
* [[lyric]] | * [[lyric]] | ||
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== Masculinity to Myth == | == Masculinity to Myth == | ||
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* [[masculinity]] | * [[masculinity]] | ||
* [[melodrama]] | * [[melodrama]] | ||
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* [[metonymy]] | * [[metonymy]] | ||
* [[milieu]] | * [[milieu]] | ||
* | * ''[[mimesis]]'' | ||
* [[monologue]] | * [[monologue]] | ||
* [[motif]] | * [[motif]] | ||
* [[mood]] | * [[mood]] | ||
* [[myth]] | * [[myth]] | ||
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== Narration to Oration == | == Narration to Oration == | ||
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* [[narration]] | * [[narration]] | ||
* [[narrative]] | * [[narrative]] | ||
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* [[onomatopoeia]] | * [[onomatopoeia]] | ||
* [[oration]] | * [[oration]] | ||
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== Pace to Protagonist == | == Pace to Protagonist == | ||
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* [[pace]] | * [[pace]] | ||
* [[paradox]] | * [[paradox]] | ||
* [[parody]] | * [[parody]] | ||
* | * ''[[pathos]]'' | ||
* | * ''[[peripeteia]]'' | ||
* [[personification]] | * [[personification]] | ||
* [[plot]] | * [[plot]] | ||
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* [[protagonist]] | * [[protagonist]] | ||
* [[pun]] | * [[pun]] | ||
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== Resolution to Romance == | == Resolution to Romance == | ||
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* [[resolution]] | * [[resolution]] | ||
* [[reversal]] | * [[reversal]] | ||
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* [[rising action]] | * [[rising action]] | ||
* [[romance]] | * [[romance]] | ||
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== Satire to Syntax == | == Satire to Syntax == | ||
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* [[satire]] | * [[satire]] | ||
* [[science fiction]] | * [[science fiction]] | ||
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* [[synesthesia]] | * [[synesthesia]] | ||
* [[syntax]] | * [[syntax]] | ||
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==Text to Zeugma == | ==Text to Zeugma == | ||
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* [[text]] | * [[text]] | ||
* [[theme]] | * [[theme]] | ||
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* [[verisimilitude]] | * [[verisimilitude]] | ||
* [[zeugma]] | * [[zeugma]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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* [http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/critical/links.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College. | * [http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/critical/links.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College. | ||
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Revision as of 14:46, 4 August 2021
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. Feel free to define or add your own terms.
Allegory to Bathos
Canon to Convention
Deconstruction to Diatribe
Epic Poetry to Exposition
Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula
Genre to Lyric
Masculinity to Myth
Narration to Oration
Pace to Protagonist
Resolution to Romance
Satire to 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.