Termes critiques anglais Flashcards
a character who represent “a single idea or quality,” “easily recognized when they come in,” “unalterable,” and “easily remembered”
flat character
character who is “capable of surprising in a convincing way”
round character
type of link which can exist between a reader and a character
identification and distance
minimal narratorial intervention:
showing = indirect showing = indirect characterization
strong narratorial intervention:
telling = direct telling = direct characterization
provided by the space markers and time markers in the story:
spatio-temporal setting
any indication where the scene is set:
space marker/ spatial reference
when the description of
the story’s setting helps create an illusion of reality
referential function of a setting
illusion of reality, by which a fictional world is made to resemble the one we live in
verisimilitude or “effet de réel” by Roland Barthes
descriptive passage, digression:
pause
time elapsed in the story < time necessary to read the passage:
stretch
time elapsed in the story = time necessary to read the passage:
scene
time elapsed in the story > time necessary to read the passage:
summary and ellipsis
un narrateur fiable/pas fiable
reliable/unreliable
un narrateur peu discret, à la présence marquée
intrusive
un narrateur discret
unobtrusive = self-effacing = impersonal
a narrative in which the narrator is designated by an “I” or, more rarely, a “ we ”
first-person narration
a third-person narrative in which the narrator does not intervene as a character in the story s/he tells
heterodiegetic narrator
a first-person narrative in which the narrator is also a character in the story s/he tells
homodiegetic narrator
the character seems to be thinking aloud
interior monologue
used when the main story contains a second-degree story, often creating a mirror effect in the narrative
mise en abyme = embedding
related to “the
fundamental facts of human existence”, like life, death, birth, sexuality, etc.
archetype, archetypal symbol
figure of speech containing an exaggeration for emphasis
hyperbole (n.), hyperbolic (adj.)
moment of great intensity
climax (n.), climactic (adj.)
fiction about fiction; work of fiction questioning the nature and techniques of fiction itself,
metafiction
a form of personification in which human feelings are ascribed to the inanimate
pathetic fallacy
the plan or pattern of events in a play
plot
some psychoanalytic terms
the ego (“ le moi ”, conscious self), the id (“ le ça ”, instincts), the superego (“ le surmoi ”
the character seems to be thinking aloud, and the flow of his / her thoughts can be chaotic
stream of consciousness
