Litteary Terms 12 Flashcards
Cultural Criticism
An approach to literature that focuses on the historical as well as social religious
Formalist Criticism
And approach to literature that focuses on the formal elements of the work such as language structure and tone
Modernism
Literature that challenge traditional such as God humanity in society
Stream to consciousness
Narrative techniques that take a reader inside of characters mine to reveal perception thought and feeling
Epiphany
In fiction, when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself
Post-modernism
Form of literature marked by both style and ideas by a relevance on literary conventions like fragmentations paradoxes unreliable narrator’s and unrealistic plots
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses
Tone
The authors implicit attitude towards the reader
Mood
The dominant feeling in a piece of literature
Motif
A recurring elevate, image or idea