The Term NATURALISM has nothing to do with Nature. It connotes
extreme type of realism. The life of the
people dwelling in slums in extreme poverty and misery is generally described
in this type of literature.
AMBIGUITY became a popular literary term after publication of
Empson’s Seven Types OF Ambiguity. It applies to a work which has double or
multiple meanings within it. The reader finds it difficult to understand the
real meaning intended by the author.
ANAGNORISIS is a literary term used by Aristotle in his discussion
of the theory of Tragedy in his Poetics. It indicates the moment of the Hero’s
recognition and his awakening from ignorance to knowledge regarding the cause
of his tragic fall.
An ALLEGORY is an extended literary work in prose, verse or
dramatic form which has an underlying meaning within or behind its outer meaning.
Spenser’s Faerie Queen, Bunyan’s Piligrim’s Progress, Dryden’s Absalom and
Achitophel or Orwell’s Animal Farm are popular allegories.
STOCK CHARACTERS are character types that occur repeatedly in a
particular literary genre. They are conventional characters of the same type.
The Fool in a Shakespearean comedy, the
Rogue in the tragedy, the heroine disguised as a boy are examples of stock
characters.
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