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
| 8/31 narrator allusion symbol figurative language image imagery metaphor simile personification apostrophe pathetic fallacy Romantic Period (American) Romantic Period (English) romanticism transcendentalism |
9/5 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 |