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Absurd
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In contemporary literature and criticism, a term applied to the sense that human beings, cut off from their roots, live in meaningless isolation in an alien universe.
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Affective Fallacy
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The incorrect judging of a work of art in terms of the emotional effect it leaves the reader with.
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Anthropomorphism
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The ascription of human characteristics to non-human objects, often divine entities in nature.
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Catharsis
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Purging of an unhealthy emotional state and the reemergence of the character's health.
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Deus Ex Machina
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"God from the machine." An event that changes the fate of the characters in a positive manner.
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Dissociation of Sensibility
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T.S. Eliot, more elevated language and cruder emotions from later poets.
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Expressionism
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A movement that went beyond Impressionism in its efforts to "objectify inner experience." External objects aren't representational, but rather act as transmitters of internal impressions and moods.
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Farce
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A dramatic piece intended to excite laughter, depending less on plot than on improbable situations.
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Free Verse
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A term describing various styles of poetry that are not written using strict meter or rhyme, but that still are recognizable as poetry.
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Hermeneutics
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A philosophical technique concerned with the interpretation and understanding of texts.
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Hubris
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Overwhelming pride or insolence that results in the misfortune of the protagonist of a tragedy.
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Intentional Fallacy
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The judging of the success of a work of art by the author's expressed intention in producing it.
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Interior Monologue
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The stream of consciousness in a literary work.
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Mimesis
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A means of perceiving the emotions of characters. Considered to be re-presenting the human emotions in new ways and so re-presenting to the reader the inherent nature of the emotions and the psychological truth of the work of art.
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Negative Capability
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A state of intentional openmindedness; great people have the ability to accept that not everything can be resolved.
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Objective Correlative
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Eliot thought that the only way to express things in art is to find an object, a set of objects, a situation - something concrete that evokes the emotion the artist wants to express.
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Organic Form
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The notion of the structure of a literary work as growing from its conception in the thought, feeling, and personality of a writer rather than being shaped arbitrarily and mechanically in a preconceived mold.
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Pathetic Fallacy
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The description of inanimate natural objects in a manner that endows them with human emotions, thoughts, sensations and feelings. Less formal than personification.
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Personification
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the figure of speech which involves directly speaking of an inanimate object, or an abstract concept, as if it were a living entity, often one with specifically human attributes.
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Synecdoche
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A figure of speech that presents a kind of metaphor in which a part of something is used for the whole or the whole is used for a part.
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Tragic Flaw
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The theory that the main character in a tragedy has a character trait that becomes his/her inevitable downfall.
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Trope
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A figure of speech involving a "turn" or change of sense. I.E. Metaphors, similes, ironical expressions.
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Verisimilitude
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The semblance of truth.
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