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allegory
- a narrative
- technique in which characters
- representing things or abstract
- ideas are used to convey a message or teach a lesson. Allegory is typically used
- to teach moral, ethical, or religious lessons but is sometimes used for satiric
- or political purposes.
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anti-novel
- a term coined by French critic Jean-Paul Sartre.
- It refers to any experimental work of fiction
- that avoids the familiar conventions
- of the novel.
- The anti-novel usually fragments and distorts the experience of its characters,
- forcing the reader to construct the reality of the story from a disordered narrative.
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bildungsroman
- a German word meaning "novel of
- development." The bildungsroman is a study of the maturation of a
- youthful character,
- typically brought about through a series of social or sexual encounters that
- lead to self-awareness
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dramatic
monologue
- a
- type of poem or prose piece in which the speaker gives an account of a dramatic
- moment in his/her life and, in doing so, reveals his/her character
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elegy
- a
- poem or piece of prose lamenting or meditating on the death of a person or pet
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epilogue
- a concluding statement or section of a literary
- work
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episodic
plot
- a plot consisting of a series of disconnected
- events
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epistolary
novel
- a novel
- in the form
- of letters. The form was particularly popular in the eighteenth century.
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epithet
- a word or phrase, often disparaging or abusive,
- that expresses a character
- trait of someone or something
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exposé
- a
- piece of writing, often journalistic, meant to reveal or expose weakness,
- faults, frailties, or other shortcomings
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fable
- a
- short story designed to teacher a useful lesson; its characters are usually
- animals or inanimate things
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fantasy
- he
- creation of unreal worlds and people, bearing a relation to the real
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humanism
- in
- common usage, the attitude that emphasizes human interests; an optimistic view
- of human potential
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montage
- a quick succession of images or pictures to express
- an idea; used primarily in films
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moral
- the lesson a reader infers from a story, poem, or
- other piece of literature
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myth
- a
- solidly conceived, but entirely imaginative world, with beliefs and values,
- created by an author; a story that forms part of the beliefs of a faith in
- which people no longer believe
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novel
of ideas
- a novel
- in which the examination of intellectual issues and concepts takes precedence
- over characterization or a traditional storyline
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novel of manners
- a novel
- that examines the customs and mores of a cultural group
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picaresque
novel
- episodic fiction
- depicting the adventures of a roguish central character
- ("picaro" is Spanish for "rogue"). The picaresque hero
- is commonly a low-born but clever individual who wanders into and out of
- various affairs of love, danger, and farcical intrigue. These involvements may
- take place at all social levels and typically present a humorous and
- wide-ranging satire
- of a given society
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roman
à clef
- a novel describing real-life events behind a façade of fiction. The
- "key", not present in the text, is the correlation between events and
- characters in the novel and events and characters in real life.
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