Literature terms Flashcards

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Lyrik, Poesie

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poetry

poetic

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Erzählprosa

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narrative prose

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Gattung

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genre

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Tragödie

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tragedy

tragic

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Komödie

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comedy

comic

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epische Dichtung

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epic poetry

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Roman

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novel

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Biographie

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biography

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etw. gemeinsam haben

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to share sth

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allgemein

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universal

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Ehrgeiz

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ambition

ambitious

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Rache

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revenge

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Glaube

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faith

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Schicksal

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fate

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Hass

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hatred

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Betrug

  • jdn. betrügen
  • betrügerisch
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deceit

  • to deceive s.o.
  • deceitful
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Bestandteil, Merkmal

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ingredient

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phantasievoll

- Phantasie, Vorstellungskraft

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imaginative

- imagination

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Handlung

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plot

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Handlungsablauf

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sequence of events

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Ereignis

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event

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chronologisch, zeitlich geordnet

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chronological

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Romanschriftsteller

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novelist

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Rückblende

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flashback

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Vorgriff, Vorwegnahme
anticipation
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Spannung
suspense, tension
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unerwartete Wendung
twist
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Schauplatz, Zeit und der Ort der Handlung
setting
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sich zu einer bestimmten Zeit/ | an einem bestimmten Ort abspielen
to be set in a certain time/place
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passend
fitting
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glaubwürdig
believable antonym: unbelievable
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Figur, Gestalt
character
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lebendig, komplex
round
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Persönlichkeit
personality
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sich mit jemandem identifizieren
to identify with s.o.
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jdn. fesseln
to hold s.o.'s attention
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geeignet, passend
appropriate
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etw. anwenden
to employ sth.
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Satire
satire | - satirical
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Ironie
irony | - ironic
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Untertreibung
understatement
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Übertreibung
exaggeration
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Kriminalroman
detective novel
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Krimi
whodunit (informal)
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ein Verbrechen begehen
to commit a crime
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Verbrecher
criminal
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Ermittlung
investigation
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Schlussfolgerung | - etw. schlussfolgern
deduction | - to deduce sth.
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Briefroman
epistolary novel
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Schauerroman
Gothic novel
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beliebt
popular
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Hauptelement
key element
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Geheimnis
mystery | - mysterious
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das Übernatürlich
the supernatural
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etw. schildern/beschreiben
to depict sth. | - synomnym: to describe sth
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frei erfunden
fictional | - antonym: real, factual
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Schlüsselroman
roman à clef
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oberflächlich getarnt
thinly disguised
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fiktiv, frei erfunden
fictitious
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von etw. ausgehen
to assume sth | - assumption
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nur in der Vorstellung vorhanden | - sich etw. vorstellen
imaginary | - to imagine sth.
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naturwissenschaftlich
scientific
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Fortschritt
advance
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etw. beinhalten
to involve sth
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Spionage
espionage
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Spion
spy
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Erzählliteratur
prose fiction
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Vorläufer
precurser | - antonym: successor
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Märchen
fairy tale
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Fee
fairy
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Mythos | - mythisch
myth | - mythical
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Sage, Legende
legend
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Parabel
parable
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Anekdote
anecdote
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Prosaerzählung
prose narrative
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etw. erfordern
to require sth
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Lektüre
perusal
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etw. mit etw. gemein haben
to have sth in common with sth
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Merkmal
feature | - synonym: characteristic
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Charakterisierung
characterisation
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erzählerische Perspektive
narrative point of view | - synonym: narrative perspective
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komplex
complex
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Erzähler
narrator
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Thema
subject
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Einleitung
exposition
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steigende Handlung
rising action
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Höhepunkt
climax
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Wende
turning point
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Ausgang, Entscheidung, Lösung
denouement
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Lösung
resolution
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offenes Ende
open ending
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Muster
pattern
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sich auf etw. konzentrieren
to concentrate on sth
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repräsentativer Lebensausschnitt
"slice of life"
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Hauptfigur
protagonist
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auf etw. reagieren
to react to sth | - reaction
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eine Veränderung durchmachen
to undergo a change
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Einführung/Aufnahme in eine Gemeinschaft
initiation | - to initiate so into sth
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von jdm. /etw. handeln
to deal with so. /sth
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unerwartete Wende
unexpected twist
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mit jdm./etw. identisch sein
to be identical with so/ sth
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Ich-Erzähler
fist-person narrator
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Erzählperspektive
point of view
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Sicht
view
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Er- Sie- Erzähler
third-person narrator
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allwissend
omniscient
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jdm. ermöglichen etw. zu tun
to enable so. to do sth
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etw auswählen
to select sth | to choose sth
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Auswahl
selection
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etw. aus jds. Blickwinkel darstellen
to present sth through the eyes of so.
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unauffällig, zurückhaltend
unobstrusive
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Erzähltechnik
narrative tequniche