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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

feminist criticism	A discourse which addresses what it considers to be the patriarchal nature of society and literature, and attempts to think about equality of men and women.
pot-boiler	A disparaging expression for a text or work produced purely to make money.
canto	A division in a longer poem.
chapter	A division or segment found within any prose text.
Bronte family	A family of three female novelists and poets who lived with their father and brother in a remote weaving village on the Yorkshire moors. Charlotte Bronte (1816-55) is noted for emotional realism in her writing. Her works include Jane Eyre (1847) Emily Bronte (1818-48) works including Wuthering Heights (1847) Finally, Anne Bronte (1820-49) explores religious doubt in her poetry. Notable works include The tenant of Wildfell Hall1848.
Globe	A famous theatre, in London, where the writer and actor Shakespeare performed. The Globe theatre has now been reconstructed near the site of the original one.
mood	A feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind, especially the predominating atmosphere or tone of a literary work. Most pieces of writing have an established mood, but shifts in this prevailing mood may operate as a counterpoint, provide comic relief, or echo the changing events in the plot.
Hengwrt manuscript	A fifteenth century manuscript of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
antanaclasis	A figurative device where a word is repeated in two or more of its senses, e.g. when in Shakespeare's play Othello says: Put out the light, and then put out the light (Act V, Scene 2) The first " light" refers to the candle, the second is a metaphor for Desdemona's life.
symploce	A figure of speech used rhetorically for effect.
prolepsis	A figure of speech where an event in the future is referred to and anticipated.
synecdoche	A figure of speech where an example becomes a symbol for a whole or larger classification.
apostrophe	A figure of speech where an object or abstract entity is addressed
farce	A form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter through highly exaggerated caricatures of people in improbable or silly situations.
penance	A form of punishment whereby one who has confessed his sins to a priest can obtain absolution.
skaz	A form of story telling or oral narrative.
Fu poetry	A form popular in ancient China, it combines prose and poetry.
post-modernism	A general name which refers to the philosophical, artistic, and literary changes and tendencies after the 1940s and 1950s up to the present day. Primarily, the tendencies of post-modernism include a rejection of traditional authority and a doubt over established discourses. Post-modernist authors include Carter and Rushdie.
science fiction	A genre of literature that features an alternative society that is founded on the imagined technology of the future. The genre stretches the imagination by rooting the fantasy of the future in recognizable elements of modern life. This type of fantasy literature, typically takes the form of a short story or novel.
horror story	A genre of prose fiction that aims to create a sense of fear, disgust, or horror in the reader.