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test 2 eng 214- definitions

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Novel
Extended work of fictional prose narrative. Often has more characters and scenes. On the Road by Jack Keroac is an example of a novel.
Novella
Longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Kafka's The Metamorphosis is an example of a novella
Historical Fiction
Genre of fiction set in another time or place and usually aims to recreate past historical events. Claudius is an example of historical fiction
psychological criticism
a literary criticism that uses the psychological perspectives of frued and jung to analyse literature. Rocking horse winner would be an example of a work of fiction that could be analysed with the psychological criticism approach.
romance
Narrative literature that has exotic adventure and idealized emotion. Not realistic, but entertaining. A movie that could be classified as romance is star wars
nonfiction novel
actual events are presented in a novel length. uses techniques of fiction. truman capote's inc old blood is an example of nonfiction novel.
deconstructionalism
focuses on the language of the literature itself, not attempting to find a singular meaning. An example would be to study the language in Young Goodman Brown
literary theory
literary critcism that fomulates general ideas rather than discuss specific texts. abstract and focuses on basic langauge content.
verisimilitude
how real a literary work is. a & p is an example of verisimilitude in a story because it depicts a real situation in a fictious manner.
epistolary novel
literary device in which a story is told by way of letters written by one or more of the characters. The color purple is an example of an epistolary novel.
Weltanschauung
world view
formalism
literature is only to be critiqued on its own terms, not judged by outside things.
metafiction
fiction that explores its own nature.
el boom
the rapid growth of latin american women writers in the 70's
Bildungsroman
novel of growth and development. a youth who struggles to find maturity. sam in a and p
analysis
examination of a piece of literature as a means of undersatnding its subject or structure
historical criticism
analysis of a given literature work in the context of delving into the culture and history.
reader-response criticism
analysis techneach of describing what happens in the reader's mine while interpreting the teaxt. literally what you thought was going on as it was going on
magical realism
magic and spirits are mixed in with a real life scenario
close reading
step by step analysis of a piece of literature

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