Literary Terms

 

Each week, I will list terms here that you will need to know for quizzes, midterm, final, and papers. We may not always have time to define terms in class so it is your responsibility to read the definitions in The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. You can visit the following link for brief definitions of many of the terms we'll use, but be aware that the Bedford Glossary gives a more detailed version.

http://www.pfmb.uni-mb.si/eng/dept/eng/text/glos2.htm

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narrator
allusion
symbol
figurative language
image
imagery
metaphor
simile
personification
apostrophe
pathetic fallacy
Romantic Period (American)
Romantic Period (English)
romanticism
transcendentalism
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character/characterization
plot
theme
conflict
climax
protagonist
antagonist
hero/heroine
point of view
objectivity
novel
realism/realistic novel
Modern Period/modernism
Lost Generation
Lost Generation
                                         

 

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