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Glossary of Terms...
Forms of Prose Fiction:
Novel - A long narrative in literary prose.The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
Novella (also called a short novel) - Is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel.
Short Story - A work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Elements of Prose Fiction:
Narrative Techniques - the methods involved in telling a story.
Point of View - Refers to the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material (characters, action, setting etc.) and the audience.
Characterization - The way in which a writer creates characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting - The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme - The abstract subject of a work; its central idea/ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot - The plan of literary work, especially of dramas and novels.
Style - The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses him/herself or the particular manner of an individual literary work.
Literary Devices:
Imagery - Is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensary experience, or pictures from words.
Symbol - Is something which represents something else (often an idea or quality) by analogy or association.
Irony - A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Satire - Literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptable.
Allusion - Is a figure of speech that makes reference to or a representation of a place,event, literary work, myth or work of art either directly or by implication.
Stream of Consciousness - The attempt to convey all the contents of a character's mind - memory, sense, perception, feelings, intuition, thoughts - in relation to the stream of experience as it passes by, often at random.
Interior Monologue - An attempt to convey in words, the process of consciousness or thoughts (as a means of narrating a story).
Flashback - A sudden jump backward in time to earlier episode or scene in a story of a novel, play or film.
Foreshadowing - The technique of suggesting or prefiguring a development in a literary work before it occurs.
Time Frame - A given interval of time, especially in relation to a particular event or process.
Motif - A recurrent thematic element - word, image, symbok, object or action.
Juxtaposition - To put side by side or close together.
Literary context:
Social - Of or having to do with human beings living together as a group in a siyuation in which their dealings with one another affect their common welfare.
Political - of or concerned with government, the state or politics.
Historical - of or concerned with history as a science.
Religious - Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion devout, pious gladly.
Ethnic - Designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage as distinguished by a customs, power, characteristics language, common history etc.
Moral - A practical lesson about right and wrong conduct.
Intellectual - The ability to reason or understand.
Cultural - The training and refinement of the intellect, interest, taste, skills and arts.
Novel - A long narrative in literary prose.The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
Novella (also called a short novel) - Is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel.
Short Story - A work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Elements of Prose Fiction:
Narrative Techniques - the methods involved in telling a story.
Point of View - Refers to the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material (characters, action, setting etc.) and the audience.
Characterization - The way in which a writer creates characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting - The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme - The abstract subject of a work; its central idea/ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot - The plan of literary work, especially of dramas and novels.
Style - The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses him/herself or the particular manner of an individual literary work.
Literary Devices:
Imagery - Is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensary experience, or pictures from words.
Symbol - Is something which represents something else (often an idea or quality) by analogy or association.
Irony - A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Satire - Literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptable.
Allusion - Is a figure of speech that makes reference to or a representation of a place,event, literary work, myth or work of art either directly or by implication.
Stream of Consciousness - The attempt to convey all the contents of a character's mind - memory, sense, perception, feelings, intuition, thoughts - in relation to the stream of experience as it passes by, often at random.
Interior Monologue - An attempt to convey in words, the process of consciousness or thoughts (as a means of narrating a story).
Flashback - A sudden jump backward in time to earlier episode or scene in a story of a novel, play or film.
Foreshadowing - The technique of suggesting or prefiguring a development in a literary work before it occurs.
Time Frame - A given interval of time, especially in relation to a particular event or process.
Motif - A recurrent thematic element - word, image, symbok, object or action.
Juxtaposition - To put side by side or close together.
Literary context:
Social - Of or having to do with human beings living together as a group in a siyuation in which their dealings with one another affect their common welfare.
Political - of or concerned with government, the state or politics.
Historical - of or concerned with history as a science.
Religious - Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion devout, pious gladly.
Ethnic - Designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage as distinguished by a customs, power, characteristics language, common history etc.
Moral - A practical lesson about right and wrong conduct.
Intellectual - The ability to reason or understand.
Cultural - The training and refinement of the intellect, interest, taste, skills and arts.
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