Litteraty Terms 4 Flashcards
Protagonist
The most important character in a play a work of fiction
Moral
The teaching her lesson in a literary work which is either implied or specifically stated
Motif
A theme character or object or verbal pattern that reoccurs and literature or folklore
Noble savage
The concept that primitive man is inherently good or Noble and the evil results from the corrupting influence of civilization
Parable
Short simple story illustrating a moral lesson
Allegory
And extended narrative which carries a second meaning along with the surface story
Fable
A brief narrative in verse or prose which illustrates some moral truth
I’d
Basic instinct
Ego
A term from psychoanalytic theory with the first part of the psyche which experiences and reacts to the outside world
Super ego
A term from a philosophical theory which refers to the part of the secular functions like a conscious and meditating between the drives of it and learn values and ideals such as religion