Vocabulary List 5 Flashcards
Genre, Narrative Styles, and Poem Types
Utopia
An ideally perfect place
Dystopia
A futuristic, imagined universe has the illusion of a “perfect society”
Speculative Fiction
A genre of fiction that navigates in a setting other than the real world.
Apocalyptic Literature
A genre of literature that concerns the end of the world
Omniscient Narration
The narrative voice knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of each character
Limited Omniscient Narration
The narrative voice knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of a handful of characters
Free Indirect Discourse
A narrative voice conveys a characters inner thoughts while staying in 3rd person
Stream of Consciousness Narration
The narrator conveys a subjects thoughts, impressions, and perceptions exactly as they occur
Poetic Diction
The use of specific types of words, phrases, or literary structures that are not common in contemporary speech
Poetic License
The liberty the authors take with ordinary rules of syntax and grammar
Sestina
A French verse form of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoi, originally w/o rhyme
The Villanelle
A French verse form consisting of 19 lines arranged in 5 ABA tercets and a quatrain
The Pantoum
A Malay verse form consisting of 19 lines arranged in 5 ABA tercets and a quatrain
Pastoral
A poem that celebrates the idyllic nature of rural life through deep philosophical questions about themes
Elegy
A poem that is a lament for a dead person
Apollonian
The most noble, god-like qualities of human nature and behavior
Dionysian
This refers to the sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses of human nature
Bildungsroman
A German word referring to a coming of age story in which the hero matures over the course of the story
Parable
A story consisting of events from which a moral can be drawn
