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Ontological Criticism
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A concern by a critic with analysis of a work itself without seeking answers to problems in the biography or milieu of the author or in influences upon him/her
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parable
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a story in which the author intends that the reader will relate the events of the sotry to some moral or spiritual truth
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paradox
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a statement that seems absurd or self-contradictory, but which turns out to have an acceptable and often profound meaning
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parody
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a satirical imitation of a work for the purpose of ridiculing its style and subject
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pastoral
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a work of literature dealing with rural life
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pathos
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the element of literature which stimulates pity or sorrow
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plurisignation
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a kind of ambiguity in literature resulting for a series of images invoking streams of thought
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point of view
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the view whtere the reader gets the story from
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protagonist
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the chief character in a work of literature
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realism
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the depiction of people, things, and experience as it is believe they really are without idealization or exaggeration
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renaissance
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the period between the medieval and the modern world
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rhetoric
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the language of a work and its style
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romanticism
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the depiction of idealized, fabulous, or fantastic characters and events
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sarcasm
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a sharp caustic expression or remark
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sentiment
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refined and tender emotion in lieterature
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stream of consciousness
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refers to the attempt on the part of an author to reproduce the unembellished flow of thoughts in the human mind with its feelings, judgments, associations, and memories
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surrealism
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an attempts to reproduce and interpret the vision sand images of the unconscious mind as manifested in dreams
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symbolism
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a concreate representation of an abstract idea
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tension
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inclusion in poetry of abstract and concrete meaning
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tone
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the characteristic of emotion that pervades a work or part of a work
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transcendentalism
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a form of romanticism, largely of a philosophical nature
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travesty
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a literary work that aims to arouse laughter by a ludicrous or grotesque imitation of a serious work
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trope
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words used with a decided chage of extension in their literal meaning
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versimilitude
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similar to truth; the quality of realism in a work which persuades the reader that he/she is getting a vision of life as it is.
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wit
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the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness
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