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1、AGlossaryofMajorLiteraryTermsGeneralLiteraryTermsGenredenotesatypeorspeciesofliterature.Dictionsignifiesthekindsofwords,phrases,sentencestructures,andfigurativelanguageinaworkofliterature.Mythisonestoryinamythology—asystemofhereditarystorieswhichwereoncebelievedto
2、betruebyaparticularculturalgroup,andwhichservedtoexplainwhytheworldisasitisandthingshappenastheydo,aswellastoestablishtherationaleforsocialcustomsandobservances,andthesanctionsfortherulesbywhichpeopleconducttheirlives.Proseisoftenusedasaninclusivetermforalldiscour
3、se,spokenorwritten,whichisnotpatternedintothelinesandrhythmseitherofmetricverseoroffreeverse.EssayisthebriefnonfictionreflectionsinproseTermsofNovelNovelisnowappliedtoagreatvarietyofwritingsthathaveincommononlytheattributeofbeingextendedworksoffictionwritteninpros
4、e.Plotisthestructureofitsactions,asthesearerenderedandorderedtowardachievingparticularemotionalandartisticeffectsFlashbackanarrativeorscenewhichrepresenteventsthathappenedbeforethetimeatwhichtheworkopened.Foreshadowistoindicatewhatistohappen.Characteristhepersonpr
5、esentedinadramaticornarrativework.FlatCharacterisbuiltaround“asingleideaorquality”andispresentedwithoutmuchindividualizingdetail,andthereforecanbefairlyadequatelydescribedinasinglephraseorsentence.RoundCharacteriscomplexintemperamentandmotivationandisrepresentedwi
6、thsubtleparticularity.Characterizationistoestablishthedistinctivecharactersofthepersonsinanarrative.Protagonistthechiefcharacterinawork,onwhomourinterestcenters.Antagonisttheminorcharacterwhoispittedagainstanimportantopponent.PointofViewsignifiesthewayastorygetsto
7、ld—themodeorperspectiveestablishedbyanauthorbymeansofwhichthereaderispresentedwiththecharacters,actions,setting,andeventswhichconstitutethenarrativeinaworkoffiction.Third-personnarrativethenarratorissomeoneoutsidethestoryproper,whoreferstoallthecharactersinthestor
8、ybyname,oras“he”,“she”,“they”First-personnarrativethenarratorspeaksas“I”,andishimselfaparticipantinthestory.Omniscientpointofviewinaworkoffictionthatthe
