LITERARY PRACTICE Flashcards
CONTEXT (3 types)
the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement or idea and in terms of which it can be fully understood (historical, social and political)
DISCOURSE
the form of how something is told by whom to whom
STORY
the context of what is told
STORY ….WHILE THE PLOT….
STORY is a sequence of events WHILE THE PLOT is about how those events are connected
HETERODIEGETIC AND HOMODIEGETIC NARRATOR
1) doesn’t belong to the world of characters
2) belongs to the story
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
it quotes the character’s thoughts
ANACHRONIC COMBINATION OF THE STORY (2 other definitions)
ANACHRONIC COMBINATION OF THE STORY (non-chronological)- narrator interrupts the present chronology of the story and connects it to the FUTURE BY FLASHFORWARD (PROLEPSIS) and to the PAST BY FLASHBACK (ANALEPSIS)
SYMBOL
an object, character, action or other element that stands for something else, often a complex idea or concept. it adds depth and layers of meaning to a text beyond its literal interpretation
(can have many meanings)
CONVENTIONAL AND LITERARY SYMBOLS
1) widely recognized and understood across cultures or within a specific context e.g. red rose-love/romance
2) specific to a particular work or author and may carry unique meaning within that context
METAPHOR
interaction between two concepts which transfer meanings e.g. Our eyes are the windows to the soul
METONYMY
replaces a concept by another that is closely related to it e.g. White House~President
SYNECDOCHE
the part for the whole or the whole for the part e.g. Tom got some new wheels/new car
PERSONIFICATION
transform things and abstract concepts into human agents e.g. The sun kissed me when I was taking a picture
EUPHEMISM
a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which refer to the things e.g. big bone/fat
HYPERBOLE (exaggeration)
it involves making something seem more intense or significant than it really is to grab attention e.g. I could sleep for a year
VERBAL AND SITUATIONAL IRONY
1) what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning e.g. sarcasm
2) describes a complete difference between what is expected to happen and the actual outcome
ALLEGORY
symbol which usually have one fixed meaning
ANAPHORA
repetition of the word at the beginning of the sentence
EPIPHORA
repetition of the word at the end of the sentence
REPETITION
something that is repeated
OXYMORON
phrase which consist of contradictory of words referring to opposite meanings e.g. organized chaos
LITOTES
figure of speech when u express something by negating its opposite e.g. not bad-good
ONOMATOPEIA
we form a word by utilizing sounds e.g. bark, meow
SIMILE
it’s like a metaphor but we use linkers ‚as’ or ‚like’ e.g. your eyes are like stars
