Glossary
Glossary
A glossary of literary terms — from metaphor to free verse.
Literature01Versification
Rhythm, metre, rhyme and the stanza.
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Literature02Tropes & Figures
Metaphor, metonymy and rhetorical figures.
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Literature03Stylistics
Language, register and stylistic devices.
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Literature04Genres & Forms
Novel, novella, sonnet — genres and folk forms.
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Literature05Movements
Baroque, romanticism, modernism, avant-garde.
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Literature06Composition
Plot, fabula, conflict and structure.
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Literature07Character & Image
Hero, character, lyric subject, archetype.
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Literature08Theory & Criticism
Literary theory, criticism and book culture.
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Genres & Forms
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Comedy
Comedy is a dramatic genre in which reality is depicted in a laughable, exposing light: through satire, humor, and irony it ridicules human…
Dramatic Poem
The dramatic poem is a synthetic genre on the border of drama and the lyric-epic: a short dramatic work in verse with a sharp ideational co…
Farce
Farce is a comic dramatic genre of a light, entertaining character, built on external comedy, buffoonery, sharp situations, misunderstandin…
Melodrama
Melodrama is a dramatic genre in which a sharp, tense plot with a stark opposition of good and evil, virtue and vice, is accompanied by emp…
Tragedy
Tragedy is a dramatic genre based on an irreconcilable, insoluble conflict of an outstanding personality with circumstances, society, or fa…
Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a dramatic genre that combines features of tragedy and comedy: a serious, at times tragic conflict is revealed together with…
