{"id":1639,"date":"2020-11-10T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1639"},"modified":"2020-11-24T20:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:39:36","slug":"english-basic-terms-to-know","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1639","title":{"rendered":"Literature – Basic Terms to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overview<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SUPPORTING AN ARGUMENT<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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LITERARY ANALYSIS<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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BASIC TERMS TO KNOW<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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CONSTRUCTING AN ARGUMENT<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Useful Terms for Analyzing Literature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(All terms taken from Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms<\/em>. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin\u2019s, 2003. Print. Refer to this text for hundreds more definitions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allegory:<\/strong> The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means. The typical allegory is a narrative\u2026that has at least two levels of meaning[:]\u2026the\u2026surface-level story line\u2026[and] a second and deeper level\u2026which may be moral, political, philosophical, or religious. \u2026 (9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allusion:<\/strong> An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, or theme found in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture. \u2026 (11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close Reading:<\/strong> The thorough and nuanced analysis of a literary text, with particular emphasis on the interrelationships among its constituent elements (allusions, images, sound effects, etc.). \u2026 (61).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diction:<\/strong> Narrowly defined, a speaker\u2019s (or author\u2019s) word choice. The term may also refer to the general type or character of language used in speech or in a work of literature. \u2026(108).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genre: <\/strong>From the French genre for \u201ckind\u201d or \u201ctype,\u201d the classification of literary works on the basis of the content, form, or technique. \u2026(189).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagery:<\/strong> A terms used to refer to: 1) the actual language that a writer uses to convey a visual picture (or, most critics would add), to create or represent any sensory experience); and 2) the use of figures of speech, often to express abstract ideas in a vivid and innovative way. \u2026(210).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Literary) Criticism:<\/strong> Reflective, attentive consideration and analysis of a literary work). \u2026(78).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motif: <\/strong>A unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail. \u2026(277).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plot: <\/strong>The arrangement and interrelation of events in a narrative work, chosen and designed to engage the reader\u2019s attention and interest (or even to arouse suspense or anxiety) while also providing a framework for the exposition of the author\u2019s message, or theme, and for other elements such as characterization, symbol, and conflict. \u2026(347).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symbol: <\/strong>Something that, although it is of interest in its own right stands for or suggests something larger and more complex\u2014often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas, attitudes, and practices. \u2026(470).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theme: <\/strong>Not simply the subject of a literary work, but rather a statement that the text seems to be making about that subject. \u2026(479).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Useful Terms for Analyzing Literature (All terms taken from Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin\u2019s, 2003. Print. Refer to this text for hundreds more definitions) Allegory: The presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means. The typical allegory is a narrative\u2026that has at … Continue reading Literature – Basic Terms to Know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6113,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2720,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639\/revisions\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}