Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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more ink around the dogs

Literature; Fiction

A colloquial exhortation to emphasize a bit of chrome, taken from an otherwise dreadful story featuring fascinating dogs, the only feature the critics found worthy in the entire ...

motif

Literature; Fiction

A recurring visual objective correlative of the theme. In ''Catch-22,'' for instance, the theme is that war is insane, so the recurring motif is one character calling another ...

motivation

Literature; Fiction

Characters act for two reasons: (1) the author wants certain things to happen in a story, and (2) the actions further a character’s objectives. The latter is motivation; when it ...

nowism

Literature; Fiction

Short for ‘now-chauvinism’. The tendency to export present-day forms, conventions, technology or morality to a future setting where they are inappropriate or unlikely.

objective correlative

Literature; Fiction

"The tangible manifestation of an intangible, created and used by the author to help the reader grasp the intangible concept. Most literature is about emotions or ideals — things ...

offstage

Literature; Fiction

Events which occur other than onstage. Examples: reminiscence, narration, indirect quotation. Events which can only be inferred are the ultimate distance offstage.

empathic universe

Literature; Fiction

A common feature of melodramatic or romantic writing, it occurs when the author customizes the environment to match the protagonist’s moods. Lightning flashes as a Gothic horror ...